Your backbone, or spine, is made up of 26 bones called vertebrae. In between them are soft discs filled with a jelly-like substance. These discs cushion the vertebrae and keep them in place. As you ...

Herniated disc is said to occur when the intervertebral disc between the two vertebrae of the spine protrudes or herniates into the spinal canal and compresses the spinal nerves that travel through ...

While obese patients are more likely to have surgical treatment for lumbar disc herniation -- a slipped or ruptured disc -- than non-obese patients, obesity increases operative time, blood loss and ...

For patients with herniated discs in the lower (lumbar) spine, surgery leads to greater long-term improvement in pain, functioning, and disability compared to nonsurgical treatment, concludes an eight ...

Philadelphia, Pa. (August 14, 2013) - Herniated discs in the lower (lumbar) spine most often result from avulsion (separation) of the tissue connection between the disc and spinal bone, rather than ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an award-winning study, researchers from India concluded that the endplate junction — rather than the anulus ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sixty-six patients underwent posterior lumbar interpositional arthroplasty using a combination of calcium ...

Lower spine pain can develop due to sprains and strains of muscles or changes to the discs in the lower back. Conditions that affect the facet joints of the vertebrae may also cause lower spine pain.

Background Patients who undergo lumbar disc surgery for herniated discs, are advocated two different postoperative management strategies: a watchful waiting policy, or referral for rehabilitation ...

Interventional pain specialists warn spring activity aggravates back conditions and share how innovative regenerative ...