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A low back hernia or lumbar disc hernia is a bulging of an intervertebral disc at the level of the low back. This can pinch nerves.

Diabetes is a disease in which your body has trouble regulating the amount of sugar (glucose) in your blood properly. This is because your body does not make enough of the hormone insulin, or because your body does not respond well to insulin. As a result, sugars accumulate in the blood.

Parkinson's disease is a disorder of the central nervous system, at the level of the basal nerve nodes (ganglia). Those basal nerve nodes are actually our "control center" of movement.

A stroke or CVA occurs when blood flow in a part of the brain is interrupted by bleeding or a clot. As a result, certain brain cells do not receive enough oxygen, which can cause them to die.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition in which the median nerve (the main nerve in the hand) becomes compressed at the level of the wrist. This nerve runs together with the finger flexor tendons through a narrow passage called the carpal tunnel. When pressure builds up in this tunnel, the nerve becomes irritated and symptoms can occur.

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is caused by increased pressure on a nerve (median nerve) in the wrist canal, also called carpal tunnel.