| The nervous system is a masterful
system of neurons, fibers, and contacts, whose intricate design allows you
to think and feel, walk and run, taste and smell. Your memory, vision and
speech, coordination, and balance are all controlled by the nervous
system. This marvelous system also controls many of your basic bodily functions
such as breathing, circulation of the blood, and the muscles in your face,
eyes, tongue, ears, and throat.
Often, these activities
are taken for granted. However, when something happens that affects the nervous
system -- disease, injury, or genetic deformity -- there is nothing that can
replace the functions the brain and other parts of the nervous system control.
That's where the neurosurgeon steps in with diagnostic care and treatment
of the brain, spinal cord, spinal column, and peripheral nerves located throughout
the body.
Neurosurgeons specializing
in the spine see patients with neck, shoulder, and arm pain that radiates
from the spine. Patients often experience weakness and numbness in their arms.
Other patients may have problems with their lower back, hips, or leg pain.
Spasticity of jerking of the legs and incontinence of the bowel and bladder
functions are also problems than can occur.
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