Spinal fusion is a tailored treatment that can restore function and relieve chronic pain when other methods fail. Here's what ...

Low back pain is one of the most common reasons patients see primary care doctors. To understand this condition, it’s ...

Disc herniation at L5-S1 is also possible and is a common cause of sciatica—a problem with the sciatic nerve that can cause pain and other issues. Discs separate the vertebrae (spinal bones), ...

Disc herniation at L5-S1 is also possible and is a common cause of sciatica—a problem with the sciatic nerve that can cause pain and other issues. Discs separate the vertebrae (spinal bones ...

Low back pain is the most common diagnosis seen in many physical therapy clinics, and it affects the majority of Americans at one time or another. It is the second leading cause of doctor visits after ...

The positioning of the bar leads to one of the most common deadlifting mistakes that causes back pain: You start with the ...

In 2021, several spine and orthopedic societies published a stance warning against allowing non-spine surgeons to perform spinal arthrodesis. Years after that statement was published, many spine ...

Prehabilitation interventions prior to elective lumbar spine procedure may provide modest reductions in pain, disability, and health care costs, however, due to suboptimal certainty of evidence ...

If you’re anything like me, you’re probably reading these words with rounded shoulders, hunched over and that all too familiar feeling of lower back pain. If you’re used to peering down (whether at ...