The stats are sobering: An estimated 23 percent of adults worldwide suffer from chronic low back pain, and as many as 84 ...

Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes as compared with published literature of changes seen in non-athletes—that is, normal population.

Signs and symptoms of degenerative disc disease (DDD ... Use these muscles instead of your lower back when doing common movements such as bending over when cleaning, gardening, and moving objects.

Findings suggest gut microbiome dysbiosis may influence lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis, impacting inflammation and ...

Surgery is typically indicated when six months of conservative therapy have not been successful, if there is a neurologic deficit attributable to the cervical disc disease or when the symptoms ...

especially the lower back and can lead to degeneration over time. And if we don’t exercise our back to strength the muscles, the same muscles that are supposed to support the spine get weak and affect ...

Degenerative disc disease is one of ... this destructive disease of the spine routinely provokes low back pain, the leading cause of disability in people under age 45 in the United States.

The researchers collected disk samples from surgery and ... which happen to be associated with degenerative spondylolisthesis of the lower back. The association of these bacteria to ...

Thompson said after several visits with her primary care physician, she was sent over to Paulk. Though lower back pain caused ...

Bello had been enduring severe lower back and leg pain due to L5-S1 disc degeneration for many years and travelled to Gurgaon for lumbar disc replacement surgery. Doctors identified Bello as an ...

Savannah, Ga.-based Chatham Orthopaedic Associates has added two surgeons to its staff, according to an Oct. 25 report by Savannah Business Journal.