Lower back pain isn’t always a slipped disc. A spine doctor explains hidden causes like sacroiliac joint arthritis, symptoms, ...

Running is not typically related to higher-than-usual incidences of lower back pain. However, excessive running without sufficient recovery time, improper running form, and other factors may ...

Degeneration of the intervertebral disc, often called degenerative disc disease of the spine, is a condition that can be painful and greatly affect the quality of one's life. And while disc ...

I was no stranger to back pain. In my early forties, I had three episodes of severe lumbar pain, lasting several weeks each. Lumbar is just the word doctors use for “low back.” An MRI showed ...

Researchers found that patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis had up to three times higher levels of certain gut bacteria compared to those without the condition. Study: Gut microbiome dysbiosis ...

If you save most of your activity for Saturdays and Sundays, you are officially a weekend athlete. It can be a great way to ...

Q: My 8-year-old Pomeranian Tinkerbell has had some serious problems lately. For a few weeks it sounded like she was dragging her nails on a back foot when she walked. More recently she has started ...

When a Slipped Disc pushes the adjacent nerves, it causes pain in the back, neck, arms, or legs. Some of its symptoms are ...

The time is now to start to focus on your back, as Oct. 16 is World Spine Day and October is Spine Health Awareness Month. Half of all working Americans admit to back pain symptoms every year and ...

Two women in the emergency room sit across from each other, their eyes red and welling with tears. Watching the minute hand of the clock slowly tick by, they eagerly await their turn to be seen. That ...