Health plays a key role in how we live our day-to-day lives. That included maintaining our backs. As part of our “Ask the ...

Sitting for extended periods can lead to serious spinal issues, including degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, and ...

Symptoms include: Facet arthropathy is a type of degenerative arthritis that causes progressive damage to the spine. Spinal osteoarthritis (also known as spondylosis) is the most common cause ...

Keep in mind that because OA is a degenerative disorder, it also can affect other joints. Pain in your back, for example, may be due to OA affecting the joints in your spine. You may first notice ...

There are 24 vertebrae that form the spine, with two facet joints between each. By definition, arthropathy refers to any type of disease affecting a joint, including arthritis. Osteoarthritis is a ...

Objectives To describe the prevalence of degenerative changes on MRI and conventional radiographs of the spine in a young population with suspicion of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and assess ...

The word “arthritis” describes pain, stiffness, and swelling in the joints. It can be a bit of a nuisance or extremely ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2006;54(12):3859-3867. Degenerative disc disease is one ... this destructive disease of the spine routinely provokes low back pain, the leading cause of disability ...

This slippage, a sequela of arthritis, happens most often in the lumbar spine and can put pressure ... spondylolisthesis for various reasons. Degenerative spondylolisthesis, the most common ...