Perhaps, through subtle L5 nerve root entrapment, it is a factor in some of those players who find that they have recurrent hamstring and calf musculotendinous injuries despite regular preventive ...

Physically demanding jobs, contact sports and being overweight can increase risk of developing lumbar spondylosis.

Background Clinical examination of patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy aims to clarify whether there is nerve root impingement ... of chronic radicular pain. Methods A total of 116 patients ...

According to the authors, the principal mechanism of action for SI-6603 is chemonucleolysis, “a nonsurgical method of ...

A team or neurologists have studied the art and writings of Frida Kahlo to propose a new diagnosis for her chronic back pain.

It goes without saying that spine injuries are some of the most crippling injuries limiting the performance of an athlete. Sports expose athletes to the risk of suffering from spinal injuries, and in ...

Back pain is the most ... stellate ganglion and lumbar sympathetic chain. Since thermal ablation of the celiac plexus is not feasible, we will describe splanchenic nerve RFA in this section.

Tiger Woods continues to endure a career twilight plagued by injury, reports say, as the long-time world No.1 in golf is ...

It refers to pain that radiates from the buttock down the path of the lumbosacral nerve roots. “Sciatica pain has been recognised ... the patient experiences a herniated lumbar disc. This happens with ...

With an anterior lumbar interbody fusion ... mouth to your stomach), trachea (windpipe), or carotid artery may be injured. Likewise, damage to the C5 nerve root (called C5 palsy) may occur from ...