From wrist movement to hip mobility, know these basic stretches to get back to your workout routine after a long gap.

Does the feeling of stiffness in your back after hours in front of a screen sound familiar? That little twinge when you get up in the morning or at the end of a long day? You're not alone. In our ...

Tight hip flexors, especially a deep muscle called the psoas, can silently stress your spine. Here's why this muscle deserves ...

“It’s actually part of an exercise in Joseph Pilates’ original 34, coupled with a push-up once you get down to the floor,” ...

Pseudoarthrosis occurs when bones don’t heal after a fracture or bone surgery. When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after ...

and relief when the lumbar spine is flexed (curved forward). This is because extensions reduce the space between vertebrae, compressing nerves, while flexions do the opposite. Lumbar flexion exercises ...

WILLOW SPRINGS, Ill. (WGN) — There has been an extraordinary step forward in the treatment of spinal cord injuries. For the patients who come through the door of the Next Steps clinic in ...

The parents of a boy who had an unapproved spring implanted in a spinal surgery without their consent or knowledge have said the event amounts to a "complete breach of parental trust". In a ...

Background/objective Degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine were managed with discectomy or laminectomy. This study aimed to compare these two surgical treatments in the postoperative revision ...

Doctors can use MRI to examine a person’s lower spine, lumbar region, and surrounding tissues. MRI of the spine can show spinal alignment, lumbar disk herniation, inflammation, and more.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...