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“Some back issues can’t be avoided, like those caused by injuries, arthritis or genetics,” said neurosurgeon Meghan E. Murphy ...

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Endoscopic spine surgery is pushing past being a novelty in 2025. In the first half of 2025, hospitals including Martinsburg, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center, Cleveland-based ...

Whether your days are spent sitting in one position or standing on your feet, tension can build up in and around the lower ...

Objectives Up to a quarter of the world’s population experience chronic pain, which, in addition to interfering with daily activities and waking function, is often associated with poor sleep.

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Low back pain remains the leading cause of YLDs globally, and in 2020, there were more than half a billion prevalent cases of low back pain worldwide. While age-standardised rates have decreased ...

15. Vallejo R, Gupta A, Cedeno DL, Vallejo A, Smith WJ, Thomas SM, et al. Clinical effectiveness and mechanism of action of spinal cord stimulation for treating chronic low back and lower extremity ...

Spinal cord lesions are more commonly seen in progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, and they can result in an increased risk of disability. In relapsing-remitting MS, which 80 to 85 percent of ...

I'm a personal trainer who regularly works with people suffering from lower back pain, but I often find these clients have tightness in their mid back, too. This region, known as the thoracic spine, ...