Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MDThe lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5 ...

The bulging disc can press on nerves and cause pain. AS mostly affects the spine and sacroiliac joints (SI). There are two SI joints on either side of the spine in your pelvis. It’s unclear what ...

Spinal fusion is a tailored treatment that can restore function and relieve chronic pain when other methods fail. Here's what ...

The platform aims to replicate the natural disc’s anatomy and function, and its growing adoption by surgeons has contributed to Centinel Spine’s strong financial performance in 2024.

To understand this condition, it’s necessary to understand the anatomy of the low back ... resulting in pain. If the bulging disc touches nerve fibers exiting from the spinal cord, pain in the back of ...

Cervical degenerative disc disease results from spinal spondylosis and causes deterioration of the intervertebral discs of the cervical spine. Desiccation of the discs leads to collapse of the ...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is the most commonly used decompressive procedure in the cervical spine and is used for the treatment of single or multiple level disc disease.