Back decompression aims to relieve back pain by taking pressure off compressed spinal discs. There are surgical and nonsurgical methods of back decompression. Nonsurgical therapy includes spinal ...

Flexion and an elevated rate of compression are the two most common factors in the herniation of healthy lumbar discs at a microstructural level. Researchers looked at 72 healthy, mature, female ...

Medically reviewed by Theresa Marko, PT, DPT, MS Lower back pain affects millions of Americans. Various health conditions can cause lower back pain, such as muscle strains, degenerative disc disease, ...

Left with two injured vertebrae in the lumbar part of his spine and three compressed discs, he spent three months in traction in hospital. That helped mend the damage, but the pain never went away.

Mr Zaman, the 43 years old gentleman, has been suffering from acute sever lower back pain for 7 days. Pain moves down to right thigh and leg causing difficulty in walking, standing and even moving ...

It can result from injuries, fatigue, or an underlying condition. Specific injuries, like muscle strains, can affect the ligaments in your spine and cause back pain. Similarly, using muscles you ...

The most common places in the spine where this occurs is in the neck or lower back. If the lower lumbar nerves become compressed or pinched, this condition is commonly referred to as sciatica.

A Texas mother-of-five was nearly left paralyzed by a sneeze that herniated a disc in her lower back. After the sneeze in early 2019, Jennifer Diosdado, of Cedar Hill, immediately began feeling ...