Researchers have shown that a spinal cord-stimulating implant, originally used for paralysis, may help restore muscle ...

If you undergo physical therapy for degenerative disk disease, your therapist will guide you through routines that help strengthen your back muscles and relieve pain. Over time, you’ll likely ...

Satellos Bioscience Inc. (TSX: MSCL, OTCQB: MSCLF) ("Satellos" or the "Company"), a public biotech company developing new small molecule therapeutic approaches to improve the treatment of muscle ...

A man with a muscle-wasting disease is pleased Manitoba is asking a federal agency to reconsider its opposition to a treatment for adults over 25, but he argues that time is running out in his case.

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal ...

What is degenerative disc disease? All of us have a breakdown, or deterioration, of our joints as we age. This is also true of our spinal discs, which act as shock absorbers for our body’s back. More ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

As a child, I'd cry out at night due to the pains in my knees, my hips, my elbows, and my wrists, and the pediatrician made ...