{"id":2735,"date":"2016-09-05T00:17:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T00:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/?page_id=2735"},"modified":"2021-06-30T08:53:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T08:53:27","slug":"thoracic-degenerative-disc-disease","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/education-centre\/conditions\/mid-back\/thoracic-degenerative-disc-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoracic Degenerative Disc Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"sample-title\">Thoracic degenerative disc disease<\/h1>\n<p>Thoracic degenerative disc disease describes the wear and tear of the spinal intervertebral discs. This process of wear and tear that can occur anywhere in the spine and is more common in the neck and low back.  <\/p>\n<p>For a comprehensive review of degenerative disc disease refer to the following two articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/education-centre\/conditions\/intervertebral-disc\/degenerative-discs-technical\/\">Degenerative disc disease (technical article)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/education-centre\/conditions\/intervertebral-disc\/degenerative-discs-non-technical\/\">Degenerative disc disease (non-technical article)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Symptoms<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Back pain and stiffness are common symptoms of thoracic degenerative disc disease. In advance cases, the degenerative change may lead to nerve or spinal cord compression producing neurological symptoms such as muscle weakness and changes in sensation. <\/p>\n<p><b>Treatment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The treatment of thoracic degenerative disc disease depends on its nature, location and severity. Chiropractic treatments are useful. Please speak to your medical doctor or chiropractor for more personalised information. <\/p>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thoracic degenerative disc disease Thoracic degenerative disc disease describes the wear and tear of the spinal intervertebral discs. This process of wear and tear that can occur anywhere in the spine and is more common in the neck and low&#8230; <br \/> <a class=\"re-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/education-centre\/conditions\/mid-back\/thoracic-degenerative-disc-disease\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7184,"parent":648,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/inner-template.php","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2735"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9595,"href":"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2735\/revisions\/9595"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s3c.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}