Learn to identify whether your back pain stems from muscle strain or spinal problems through location, symptoms, and movement patterns.

These nerve pairs spread throughout your body to deliver commands from your brain and spinal cord to and from parts of your body. Diagram . The central nervous system and peripheral nervous system ...

Even though most spinal cord injuries involve complete paralysis from the injured region down, some neurons in the spinal cord are spared from complete damage. Recent research, led by Zhigang He at ...

While slipped disc is the most common cause of sciatica, which accounts for more than 90% of cases, both can interfere with ...

The peripheral nerves extend from the brain and spinal cord out to the rest of the body. They can be damaged in various ways, including disease and traumatic injuries such as car accidents and ...

HAMILTON: Much the way nerves in the skin connect with the spinal cord, which connects with the brain - the result, which took more than six months to build, created a pathway linking four ...

A pinched nerve in your lower back occurs due to excess pressure on the nerves near the last five vertebrae in your back. Treatment can include medications, physical therapy, and at-home care. A ...

Study design: Intercostal nerve to spinal nerve root anastomosis in chronic spine-injured patients. Objectives: To analyze the effectiveness of neurogenic bladder reinnervation in spinal cord ...

A pinched nerve in your back is most often caused by either disk herniation or spinal stenosis.. Herniated Disk: A herniated or “slipped” disk is when a portion of the disk bulges out, usually ...