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 ...

A three-year lifestyle intervention based on a reduced-calorie Mediterranean diet combined with physical activity helped ...

Low back pain is one of the most common reasons patients see primary care doctors. To understand this condition, it’s ...

Prehabilitation interventions may provide modest reductions in pain, disability, and health care costs, however, certainty of evidence was suboptimal.

Doctors can use MRI to examine a person’s lower spine, lumbar region, and surrounding tissues. MRI of the spine can show spinal alignment, lumbar disk herniation, inflammation, and more.

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