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What is Spinal Fusion?

Some doctors place a substance called bone morphogenetic protein into the spine instead. The goal is to stop movement between the two bones and pre...

Diagnosis for Sacroiliac Joint Pain

Flamingo test: The doctor asks you to stand on the leg where you have pain and hop. But it’s not always easy for people or their doctors to identif...

Types of Spine Curvature Disorders

Symptoms vary depending on the type of spine curvature disorder and the severity of the condition. Your doctor can diagnose a spine curvature disor...

TENS for Back Pain

TENS, or transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, is a back pain treatment that uses low voltage electric current to relieve pain. In one revie...

Sciatica

Sciatica is a common type of pain affecting the sciatic nerve, a large nerve extending from your lower back down the back of each leg. For some peo...

Specialists Who Treat Pain

If you're one of the 100 million Americans in chronic pain, living a full and active life may seem out of your reach. Go to the websites of the Ame...

Getting a Laminectomy: Before, During, and After

During a laminectomy, a surgeon removes the rear portion of one or more spinal bones (vertebrae).

Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

CES affects a bundle of nerve roots called cauda equina (Latin for horse's tail). Surgery must be done quickly to prevent permanent damage, such as...

Back Surgery: Pros and Cons

By the time you sign up for back surgery, your doctor will probably have tried a number of treatments to ease your back pain or lower body weakness...

Back Pain: what You Need to Know

It houses and protects your spinal cord, the network of nerves that transmit feeling and control movement throughout your entire body. One of the m...

Is Your SI Joint Giving You Back Pain?

If you stand up from your chair and feel a pain in your lower back, it could be your SI joint acting up. About 15%-30% of people who hurt like this...

Spinal Stenosis

Spinal stenosis is a condition, mostly in adults 50 and older, in which your spinal canal starts to narrow. The tightness can pinch the spinal cord...