Your spine runs from the base of the skull down to your tailbone. Its sections are called the cervical spine, the thoracic spine, and the lumbar spine. Neural foraminal stenosis can occur at any ...

ABSTRACT: Robotic surgery has been a transformative force in minimally invasive thoracic surgery. Robotic surgical technology has impacted surgery of the lung, mediastinum, esophagus, and the ...

Problems with the abdominal aorta, such as an aneurysm—a bulging or weakened area in the artery wall—can cause symptoms like belly or back pain ... passes through a muscle called the diaphragm, at the ...

If you have neck or back pain, or you’re dealing with some other condition that causes muscle spasms, your doctor might prescribe a muscle relaxer (or muscle relaxant) for you. Having a muscle ...

What Is a Spinal MRI? A spinal MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make clear, detailed pictures of your spine. The MRI may scan your whole ...

Results: A statistically significant difference was detected between the athlete and sedentary groups regarding the degrees of thoracic kyphosis ... coordination between the spine, disks, ligaments, ...

People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...

Other possible contributing factors include poor posture, sleeping ergonomics (pillow choice), continual emotional stress, and being overweight, all of which can put stress on your neck muscles and/or ...

Spinal cord injury leads to loss of innervation of skeletal muscle, decreased motor function, and significantly reduced load on skeletal muscle, resulting in atrophy. Factors such as braking, hormone ...

One spot typically overlooked (and improperly trained) than others: the calf muscles. If you want to build ... directly in front of you for a neutral spine. Jump and swing the rope at the same ...