In the spinal column, nerve roots branch off the spinal cord and form a network of somatic nerves throughout the body. Damage to or compression of the nerve roots in the spine that serve the somatic nervous system can lead to symptoms like numbness, tingling, loss of movement, burning and pain in the area of the body that corresponds to that somatic spinal nerve. Common causes of nerve root compression in the somatic nervous system include: Degenerative disc disease.
Kmart Closing Stores. Kmart is closing several stores and will soon begin going out of business sales at the designated locations. A statement released by the company cited a desire to reduce âongoing expensesâ and to speed up business model transformation plans as the motivation behind the store closings.
In a bid to arrest its declining sales numbers, Sears Holdings (shld) has shuttered a fleet of its namesake and Kmart stores. The retailer announced on Thursday that it would close 68 Kmart locations and 10 Sears stores this summer, leaving Kmart and Sears with fewer than 900 and 700 stores respectively. Comparable sales have declined every year since 2005, with net losses reaching a total of $8 billion for Sears since 2010.