Dr. Jeff Lehmen, a spine surgeon at SSM St. Mary's Hospital, said this assumption could be a sign of lumbar disk herniation, ...

Lumbar stenosis is a common spinal condition that affects millions of people, particularly older adults. It occurs when the spinal canal located in the lower back experiences narrowing, putting ...

This could potentially lead to a herniated disc. Hips rotate backward causing lengthened hip and lumbar extensors along with shortened hip flexors and abdominals. After long term exposure to this ...

Herniated Disc and Nerve Compression One of the main ... This condition is known as lumbar canal stenosis, which requires a ...

Arthrex's technology allows surgeons to remove the herniated part of the disc through a single incision of less than one centimeter. Lumbar spine disc herniations were previously treated utilizing ...

Lumbar disc hernias can be alleviated with conservative treatments such as painkillers in around 80% of cases, but for the remaining 20%, surgery was the only way to control the pain. However ...

Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes as compared with published literature of changes seen in non-athletes—that is, normal population.