Neck pain can be one of the effects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In the highest risk group (male sex, positive rheumatoid factor, longstanding and erosive joint disease), up to 80% of individuals ...

Dr. Jeremy Smith, an orthopedic surgeon at Hoag Orthopedic Institute specializing in degenerative spinal conditions, adds, "It's true that the weight of your head can affect tech neck, but the ...

A herniated disc, spinal stenosis, and degenerative disc disease can contribute to a pinched nerve. These conditions also can lead to shooting pain, muscle weakness, and difficulty standing.

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 ...

Warnings are never in vain, if heeded in time. The authors should be commended for their efforts to extend our mechanistic understanding of the interplay between DMR and RVD by evaluating the role of ...

Conservative treatment can include analgesics, a short course of steroids, avoidance of provocative activities, cervical traction, neck immobilization ... to the cervical disc disease or when ...

Here, 37-year-old radiographer Katie Reavley, who lives with her husband and three children in Gosforth, near Newcastle upon Tyne, describes her neck disc prolapse operation, while her surgeon ...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley is dealing with a herniated disk in his neck that will sideline him for a fourth straight game. FILE - New York Jets linebacker C.J ...