Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2006;54(12):3859-3867. Degenerative disc disease is one of today's most common and costly medical conditions. Marked by the gradual erosion of cartilage between the ...

Here are eight total disc devices to know: Prodisc-L: Prodisc L, from Centinel Spine, is the only device approved in the U.S. for two-level surgery. It has two cobalt chrome alloy endplates and an ...

The designation covers the use of the therapeutic device to treat degenerative disc disease with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) procedures. Amphix Bio receives Breakthrough Device ...

Medical problems and prolonged electronics use can cause us to hunch over. These strategies can help.By Standing up straight ...

Otherwise known (more appropriately) as kyphosis, the condition describes any rounding of the upper back. Here’s how to ...

You may be able to prevent degenerative disc disease (DDD), or limit its effects, by making lifestyle changes to lower your weight, get more exercise, stop smoking, and more. Physical exercise is ...

When Black Eyed Peas sang about my hump, my hump, my lovely lady lumps, chances are they weren’t thinking of the kind of hump that sounds like something straight from Dickens or Downton Abbey — a ...

You might not be aware of the medical term kyphosis, but chances are you will have heard of a ‘Dowager’s Hump’, or its modern ...

[19] Collisions with no vehicle damage would usually not cause neck damage and would be even less likely to cause chronic symptoms. The pathophysiology of cervical disk disease is the same as in ...

Although the lumbar spine located in the lower back is most commonly affected, the cervical spine of the neck can also be involved ... Cervical artificial disc replacement versus fusion for cervical ...