Columnist Desiree Lama thought that the worst of her MRI experiences was behind her. Not so, she learned during a recent ...

Prevent and treat text neck with physiotherapy, lifestyle changes, and surgery if necessary, to avoid long-term complications ...

More than 30 million Americans experience lower back pain at any time. Experts estimate that up to 80% of the population will experience back pain during their lives, and about 65 million Americans ...

Pseudoarthrosis occurs when bones don’t heal after a fracture or bone surgery. When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after ...

Only rarely, however, does such a hemangioma cause spinal-cord compression. Myelocompression by hemangioma of the cervical vertebral bodies is particularly unusual. Since early recognition and ...

Home remedies for arthritis of the neck can include massage and heat therapy to bring relief from symptoms of neck pain and stiffness. Arthritis of the neck, called cervical arthritis, is a common ...

The patient’s preoperative lumbar spine MRI was acquired from the hospital imaging system HIS for the assessment of nerve root compression and lumbar paravertebral core muscle area in the patient.

A NEW study has provided evidence that prolonged use of infliximab a biologic commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA), may help protect against cervical spine deformity in patients with RA.

Sometimes, a more serious cause may be a tumor or rheumatoid arthritis. The neck contains the cervical spinal cord, muscles, and major blood vessels that supply the entire body. Many people ...

Arthritis and infection With arthritis that causes wear-and-tear on the neck joints, Dr. Penhollow says this narrows the space between the joints as well as the space for the cushioning discs between ...

including a negative brain MRI without any abnormal enhancement and normal flow voids and a normal MRI of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. MRI of the sacrum revealed two avidly enhancing ...