The place where they meet is called the lumbosacral joint, or L5-S1. Above and below each vertebra is an intervertebral disc ... you may require other treatments such as injections or surgery for your ...

Co-Chief Emeritus of the spine service at HSS, Harvinder Sandhu, M.D., told OTW, “Historically, depression is associated with ...

I’ve been suffering from back pain for years, and imaging shows Modic changes at L5-S1. What does this mean, and could it be the cause of my chronic pain? Modic changes in simple terms are ...

A 65-year-old man presented to the ED with 1 day of acute onset mid-thoracic and low back pain, difficulty ambulating and ...

A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is a common test doctors use to check for signs of MS in your spinal fluid. But a lumbar puncture on its own isn’t enough to confirm an MS diagnosis. Diagnosing ...

Surgery is generally recommended only when conservative treatments are ineffective after six weeks or more, if you have significant muscle weakness from nerve damage, or when motor functions are ...

The next best thing: a great lumbar support pillow. The lumbar generally refers to your lower spine, or the lower back area, which is typically the part of the body that’s under the most stress ...

After a grueling recovery process, Arcade native Bill Taylor is eager to get back behind the wheel and resume his racing ...

With the Super Bowl and NFL season now over, the next big phase for the Lions is free agency. The legal tampering period of ...

This review discusses use of RFA for back pain including facetogenic pain, including cervical and lumbar pain due to sacroiliac ... Quincke needles into the S1, S2 and S3 posterior sacral foramina ...

Surgery was not more effective for the treatment of neurogenic symptoms or the improvement of quality of life over the course of the study. Faster improvement in pain symptoms with surgical treatment ...

This study aims to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of worldwide publications related to the surgical management of spinal TB and to compare contributions from orthopaedic surgery and ...