Adjacent disc herniation

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The one thing I don't remember ever having read after years of reading is the fact that a natural disc has some "give" and can absorb a shock coming up the spine (walking, a bump, mistepping etc) which thus would not be directly coupled to the next level. I doubt a artificial disc made out of metal could do that. Maybe that is part reason an ADR is not as good in protecting the next level as one might have thought? Has there been research into this?



Hello, I am new here.

I have DDD in the lower levels and have had pain for years (decades?) and it hurts. maybe it'll get fixed one day...