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Nerve Root Articles

It seems that, no matter what is causing your spine-related back pain, a nerve root is somehow intricately involved. These branches of the spinal cord radiate out from the spinal column, ever narrowing and further splitting to form the nerves that travel throughout the human body. It is these nerve roots that serve as the transfer points for impulses to and from the brain; as the brain sends a signal to the diaphragm to expand and draw air into the lungs, for instance, that signal will travel down the spinal cord to the phrenic nerve, which innervates the diaphragm. If an injury or degeneration were to impinge upon the phrenic nerve, the patient may have trouble breathing.

Because the nerve roots themselves emerge from the spine via canals in the bony vertebrae, they are susceptible to injuries, irritation, compression—or worse. Since each nerve roots are both a vital component of our well-being and a seemingly ubiquitous factor in all sorts of back problems, we have constructed a modest but informative online library of nerve root articles that we hope will help you better to understand the functions and vulnerabilities of the nerve roots—and how Laser Spine Institute (LSI) can help.

• Spinal cord & nerve roots
• Spine nerve roots
• Exiting nerve roots
• Nerve roots anatomy
• Lumbar spine nerve roots
• Cervical spine nerve roots
• Thoracic spine nerve roots
• Median nerve roots
• Sciatic nerve roots
• Nerve roots in the spine
• Clumping of nerve roots
• Radial nerve roots
• Ulnar nerve roots

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To learn more about the minimally invasive laser-assisted procedures we perform at Laser Spine Institute and how they can release nerve roots from painful impingement, contact us today. We can discuss possible outpatient treatments of your condition and provide you with a free MRI or CT scan review.

Please note: Laser Spine Institute currently does not perform endoscopic procedures on the thoracic spine.