Lower back pain is a condition that can vary in intensity and duration, with causes ranging from acute muscle injuries to ...

Many conditions can cause pain in the lumbar spine, including lumbar stenosis, fracture, degenerative disc disease, and others. Surgical and non-surgical treatments can help reduce pain and improve ...

Dr Loo sees many people aged 18 to 35 with neck and lower back pain arising from degenerative disc disease. By age 35, one in three individuals will show signs of the disease on imaging scans ...

Doctors Matthew Prevost and Mark Prevost II, board-certified and fellowship trained orthopaedic spine surgeons with Alabama Back Institute, are on the forefront of cutting-edge technology advancements ...

Sitting for extended periods can lead to serious spinal issues, including degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, and ...

spinal fusion surgery and prosthetic disk replacement surgery. However, in a previous trial, spinal fusion surgery was not better than disk replacement or nonsurgical rehabilitation (JW Gen Med ...

Laminectomy is a type of spinal decompression surgery where a surgeon removes the bony arch from one or more of your spinal bones (vertebrae). This widens the space around your spine and can help ...

Marked by the gradual erosion of cartilage between the vertebrae, this destructive disease of the spine routinely provokes low back pain, the leading cause of disability in people under age 45 in ...

Paget's disease) or rule out other potential diagnoses. A test called an electromyography (EMG) may also be ordered in the diagnostic workup of spinal stenosis. This test measures how well the nerves ...