The lumbar spine has a slight forward curve called a lordotic curve. This curve helps keep the discs and muscles in proper alignment ... to the lower back and may vary depending on strength and ...

The study population was selected from consecutive LBP patients (n = 4380) with or without radicular symptoms who were ... such as herniated disc surgery within the past six months; and major ...

A recent conversation about cortisone shots and back pain due to herniated discs inspired me to write this article. The person I was speaking with was quite misinformed about when cortisone shots ...

Your doctor may talk to you about this procedure if you have a lot of lower back pain and other types of treatments haven't helped relieve your symptoms. Lumbar pain is often caused by spinal ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US government’s V-Disc label (“V” for victory), founded to boost the morale of the military, ran ...

What is the current dominant COVID variant? The most common, dominant COVID variant as 2024 comes to a close is XEC, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Yale Medicine. XEC stems from ...

Few guests in the 82-year history of Radio 4’s flagship Desert Island Discs can have made life quite so effortless for the show’s host. The grandeur of a knighthood beckons for Southgate in ...

An MRI scan revealed severe spinal canal stenosis at L3-L4 and L4-L5, as well as a herniated nucleus pulposus on the right at L5-S1 (Figs 11, 12). DC underwent a L3-L5 decompressive laminectomy ...

Gareth Southgate has revealed on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that he made the decision to leave his job as England manager before the end of Euro 2024. The 54-year-old, who was a guest on ...