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Joint pains and illnesses like Arthrose, arthritis or rheumatism provide a daily torture with many people. Primarily people who work physically hard in their professional life of hard physical work, this physical work can develop heavy damages to the Bandscheibe. The pains, which often enough start already within young years, can be soothed only for a short periode of time with painkillers or regular injections. An operation i soften inevitable to ease the pain constantly.

Arthrose is the progressive damage done to the joint cartilage. The first damages often appear mainly in the hip, the knees or the shoulder. Arthrose is different from the arthritis by the fact that Arthrose is an inflammation of the joints, which leads to a change of the joints. Arthritis effects water storages at the joint. Through this the pressure on the nerves in the joint increases which arouses the known severe pains. The treatment of arthritis, which is usually attacked by the inflammation strongly, refers primarily to pain alleviation and to restoration of the joint cartilage function.

It is the usual treatment of an Arthrose mainly is treatment of the pain. In the course of the treatment, the doctor then will take care that the movability remains unchanged and further that the damage done to the joint does not progress. If the damage is already in a very far advanced stage, only an artificial joint often remains to establish the mobility again and free the patient from his pains
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The Bandscheibe is an important part of the spinal column. It takes care that the function of the back and its movability remain ensured. In case of a slipped disc, the vertebrae would rub on each other and without a Bandscheibe make a movement impossible and extremely painful at every move. If a prolapsed Bandscheibe damages the Bandscheibe, for example, only an operation often remains to establish the function again. A prolapsed intervertebral disc means that the smooth centre of the Bandscheibe bursts or is pressed out. Damage to the Bandscheibe does not always involve pain. Pains at the Bandscheibe only appear when nerves of the spinal cord are concerned. In this case, the patients’ pain is great, however, but the moveability is also limited strongly.

In case of a prolapesed Bandscheibe, it needs an operation as an only option for the patient to regain health. As fa ras the operation technique is concerned, either the complete Bandscheibe is removed or the whole the prolapsed Bandscheibe is reduced so it cannot put pressure to the nerves and cause severe pains any more. Another operation method, which is carried out primarily in special clinical complexes, is the intervertebral disc transplant. The damaged Bandscheibe is replaced by an implant and the patient is painless and mobile again soon.

To provide a successful treatment at joint diseases or illnesses of the spinal column these treatments should already be started at the early stages, when the patient starts to feel uncomfortable. Orthopaedists already recognize smaller damages of the locomotor system and can start with treatments. At illnesses that are more serious, one should go to a special clinic for treatment. The special clinics unite the best methods and show years of experience in this medical area.