Treatment for a neck fracture—also called a cervical fracture or broken neck—depends on the severity of the injury, which cervical vertebrae (bones in the neck that protect the spinal cord) are ...

A flying puck can cause serious damage to the brain and spine; Are neck guards the answer? Data from rugby provides a ...

It is characterised by diverse metabolic, cardiovascular and bone mineral manifestations. A middle-aged woman presented for a preoperative evaluation of a pathological fracture of the left neck of the ...

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, General Hospital of Jinan Military Command, 250031 Jinan, China. 2 Research on 2013 stage doctoral student of TCM Orthopaedics, Shandong University of ...

It was a normal day when Preston Hills jumped on a trampoline this past summer with his son. Then in the blink of an eye, he ...

Back sleepers benefit from medium loft pillows that keep the neck or cervical spine in a proper C-shaped curve. Back sleeping is ideal for minimizing pain because it distributes pressure evenly ...

People's Hospital in Lhasa, Xizang autonomous region, has successfully conducted a minimally invasive surgery to repair a ...

Proximal femur fractures are traumatic injuries involving the neck and trochanteric region of the femur. Their occurrence in ...

A neck, or cervical, manipulation is a procedure done at a chiropractor’s office that involves “adjusting” the upper vertebrae of the spine to alleviate muscle tension, pain, or headaches.

Broken ankles may involve one or more of the three bones of the ankle joint—the tibia, fibula, and talus. There are different types of ankle fractures—lateral malleolus and bimalleolar fractures, for ...