CLEVELAND, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more than 1.2 million spinal surgeries are performed nationally each year. But sometimes the pain ...

Lower back surgery represents a life-changing decision that demands careful consideration. While many view surgery as a solution to chronic pain, understanding these seven critical facts helps create ...

If you live with constant lower back pain, surgery can start to look like the only way out. Yet new research from the University of South Australia published in the Australian Health Review shows that ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A relatively new procedure at Southcoast Health could be life-changing for patients experiencing chronic back pain. According to the National Institutes of Health, back ...

Back pain is among the most frequent reasons patients seek neurosurgery care with Cayuga Health. Although many patients attribute their back pain to a pinched nerve, the condition may be due to spinal ...

A herniated disk can cause lower back pain, numbness, tingling, and other symptoms. Certain factors make a herniated disk in the lower back more likely. Treatment may depend on the severity. Other ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

You may be familiar with that feeling — you stand too quickly or turn too suddenly and feel that slight “tug” in your back. But while a muscle pull may put you out of action for a few days, back pain ...

Sarah Jividen, RN, BSN, is a trained neuro/trauma, and emergency room nurse turned healthcare writer. As a journalism major, she combined her love for writing with her passion for high-level patient ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Meredith Fite was an active mother of two boys who loved ...