Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2006;54(12):3859-3867. Degenerative disc disease is one of today's most common and costly medical conditions. Marked by the gradual erosion of cartilage between the ...

A recent case that shocked my team and I involved a groundskeeper whose access to long-term disability (LTD) benefits for degenerative disc disease was cut off at the two-year mark. The individual ...

The most common causes are: Degenerative ... from a ruptured disk, typically due to trauma. The main symptom of cervical radiculopathy is pain that spreads into the arm, neck, chest, upper ...