Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 60-85% of adults will experience lower back pain at some point in their lives, and 15-45% of people experience chronic lower ...

DOCTOR. DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS. I KNOW I MESSED THAT UP. HARD TO SAY. AND EVEN HARDER TO LIVE WITH. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, SPINE SURGEON, DOCTOR DAVID FALK JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THE ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old male and have had pain in my buttocks down to my outside thigh muscles. My primary care doctor ordered an MRI of the lower back and referred me to an orthopedic ...

Your lower back does a lot more than you think. From helping you stand tall to letting you bend, twist, and carry, the lumbar spine is the backbone of daily life literally. But with age, wear and tear ...

The management of spinal stenosis is still controversial. For mild symptoms conservative treatment seems to be the natural choice although controlled clinical studies comparing conservative and ...

The main argument identified in this appraisal for and against decompression alone in patient with lumbar spinal stenosis was whether or not instability should be treated with (instrumented) fusion ...