Nearly 3 in 10 adults in the United States have experienced lower back pain in any three-month period, making it the most ...

Dr. Carragee and colleagues studied the progression of disk degeneration over a 10-year period using a prospective cohort study. Fifty-seven patients with low back pain underwent a 3-level lumbar ...

Lower back pain is one of the most common reasons why patients visit their primary care providers. In recent years, it is also a major cause of disability and missed days of work. There are a variety ...

From spine robotics to endoscopic surgery, here are the ideas that took some time for physicians to fully embrace. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the ...

Most children and adolescents with herniated disks in the lower (lumbar) spine have some sort of malformation of the spinal vertebrae, reports a study. Herniated disks in the lumbar spine are common ...

Dr. Zach Pinter M.D. is the newest member of The Orthopedic Partners group, and first full-time spine specialist practicing ...

Office chairs and gaming chairs often tout lumbar support as a must-have feature. I spoke to some experts to see if it’s as ...

Strong bone-building activity was expected in this younger population, but questions remain about follow-up treatment.

Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Afyon, Turkey, Vakif Gureba Training Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey and Yeditepe University Faculty of ...