This week we are going to discuss something which is extremely important and common, also sometimes responsive with conservative treatment: Spinal instability. Spinal instability is a result of ...

Degenerative disc disease affects up to 40% of all patients with low back pain. It can lead to spinal instability; that is, the inability of the spine to limit excessive or abnormal spinal ...

Spinal decompression is a type of treatment for back pain. Decompression can be done both surgically and non-surgically. With both treatments, the goal is to stretch your spine and change its position ...

Spinal stenosis is a condition that affects the spinal cord. Traditional and newer treatment options can include acupotomy, decompression surgery, stem cell therapy, physical therapy, medications, ...

The Brain and Spine Metastases Clinic at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center allows for close collaboration between spinal surgeons and radiation oncologists. Together, these specialists offer rapid ...

MarinHealth has opened its MarinHealth Spine Institute, a new specialty clinic that brings together medical experts in spine surgery, pain management and anesthesiology to provide more treatment ...

An international team of scientists headed by Grégoire Courtine at EPFL and CHUV and Aaron Phillips at the University of Calgary has developed a treatment that can dramatically improve the lives of ...

Spinal stenosis is a condition where the spinal canal narrows, causing compression of the nerves passing through it and leading to various symptoms. The spinal canal is a passage along the center of ...

If you experience weakness and a loss of fine motor function in your arms and hands after neck trauma, you may have a spinal cord injury called central cord syndrome. This type of injury can disrupt ...