What does Dr. Foudy treat?
Most patients arrive describing how they feel, not naming a clinical diagnosis. Pick whichever one sounds closest to you, and one show-and-tell visit in Mission Viejo tells you what is actually going on, on your own X-rays.
You describe the symptom. Dr. Foudy finds the cause and tells you straight.
Disc and sciatica
When the trouble starts in your back but you feel it down the leg, a disc is usually leaning on a nerve.
Sciatica
Pain that shoots from the lower back into the buttock and down one leg, often with numbness or tingling.
Read about sciaticaHerniated disc
A disc between two vertebrae tears and lets its soft center push out and press on a nearby nerve.
Read about herniated discBulging disc
The outer ring of a disc pushes outward, the earlier, milder cousin of a herniation. Many never cause pain.
Read about bulging discPain down the leg
Pain, burning, numbness, or tingling that runs from the back or buttock down one leg, usually a pinched nerve.
Read about pain down the legLow back
The aches, the stiffness, the catch on a certain bend, and the patterns that point at the disc, the joints, or your posture.
Lower back pain
Aching, stiffness, or sharp pain across the low back, often worst in the morning or after sitting.
Read about lower back painDegenerative disc disease
Discs that have dried out and thinned with the years, leaving a deep, low ache and lost disc height.
Read about degenerative disc diseaseSpinal stenosis
Narrowing of the space the nerves travel through, often felt as leg fatigue or heaviness that eases when you sit or lean forward.
Read about spinal stenosisBack pain when sitting
Low back pain that builds with sitting and long drives, often pointing at the disc, since sitting loads the disc the most.
Read about back pain when sittingRecurring back pain
Back pain that keeps coming back in flares, calms down, then returns, usually because the cause was quieted but never corrected.
Read about recurring back painNeck, head, and posture
The knot that keeps coming back, the headaches, the numbness down the arm, and the forward head behind a lot of it.
Neck pain
Stiffness, soreness, or sharp pain in the neck, often with a "knot" that keeps coming back between the shoulder blades.
Read about neck painHeadaches
Recurring head pain (at the temples, base of the skull, or "all over") often coming from the neck.
Read about headachesNumbness & tingling
Pins-and-needles, numbness, or burning in the hands, arms, feet, or legs. A nerve-pain pattern.
Read about numbness & tinglingBrain fog
Difficulty concentrating, slow processing, a feeling that the lights are dim. Not always tied to a headache.
Read about brain fogForward head posture
The head sits forward of the shoulders, dragging the upper back into a hunch. The body pays for it in pain.
Read about forward head postureNot sure which one is you? That is exactly what the first visit is for.
The show-and-tell consultation in Mission Viejo includes the exam, the surface EMG, and the X-rays, about $90 and 75 minutes. You will see your own scan and your own films, and you will leave knowing what is going on. Call Call (949) 365-0403 and ask for Carmen.