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Overview The lumbar spine or low back is a complex entity of interconnecting bones (vertebrae), mobile joints, nerves, ligaments, and...

Overview The thoracic spine is located in the middle back and is the longest region of the spine. It is...

Overview The cervical spine or neck region is a complex entity of interconnecting bones (vertebrae), mobile joints, nerves, ligaments, and...

Overview The intervertebral discs are shock absorbers that are located between the bones of the spine, called vertebrae (hence the...

Overview Lumbar disc herniation is a disease affecting the lower back. A herniated disc can allow disc material to press...

Overview Cervical disc herniation is a disease affecting the neck. A herniated disc can allow disc material to press harmfully...

Overview Lumbar radiculopathy, also called sciatica, is a disease involving dysfunction of one or more nerve roots in the lumbar...

Overview Cervical radiculopathy is a disease involving dysfunction of one or more nerve roots in the cervical spine that typically...

Overview Spinal stenosis is an abnormal narrowing of the spinal canal (bone channel occupied by the spinal nerves or the...

Overview The facet joints or zygapophyseal joints are a set of joints between the articular processes of two adjacent vertebrae....

Overview Osteoarthritis of the spine develops as a consequence of the natural aging process. It can affect the spine at...

Overview The sacroiliac joints are the joints between the sacrum (triangular bone at the bottom of the spine) and the...

Overview Cervicogenic headache is a distinct type of headache that occurs when pain is referred from a specific source in...

Overview Whiplash is medically known as cervical acceleration-deceleration syndrome. It is a common neck injury. Ιt occurs when the neck...

Overview Occipital neuralgia is a distinct type of headache with pain that starts in the upper neck or back of...

Overview Failed back surgery syndrome is a recognized medical diagnosis for chronic pain and symptoms that persist after a spinal...

Back school programs are group-based therapeutic interventions mainly offered by medical specialists or paramedical therapists and are directed towards treatment,...

Overview Piriformis syndrome is a disease that is caused when the piriformis muscle, located in the buttock, spasms and causes...

Overview Numerous studies in the medical literature have shown that the herniated disc has the potential for spontaneous regression or...

Overview Spondylolisthesis occurs when one vertebra slips over the adjacent one. It slides either forward (anterolisthesis) or backward (retrolisthesis). Spondylolisthesis...

Overview Spondylolisthesis occurs when one vertebra slips over the adjacent one and is a common cause of low back pain....

Overview A compression fracture occurs when the vertebral bone (bone of the spine) collapses. It usually occurs in the middle...

Overview The spine (vertebral column, spinal column) is a complex entity of interconnecting bones (vertebrae), mobile joints, nerves, ligaments and...

Overview Discogenic pain is pain arising from a damaged intervertebral disc. It is commonly caused by disc degeneration, an age-related...

Overview A synovial cyst is an abnormal fluid-filled sac that develops in the facet joints of the spine. This condition...