SPRINGFIELD — A local sports medicine doctor has introduced a new osteopathic procedure to Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. The procedure, called Intracept, aims to improve living conditions for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that the increasing availability of MRI scanners may be feeding an increase in surgery for lower back pain -- despite doubts about the effectiveness of ...

I’M CAROL CLARKE IN NEWS FOR YOUR HEALTH. FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. THEY KNOW WHAT LOWER BACK PAIN FEELS LIKE. MANY OF THEM HAVE A TYPE CALLED VERTEBRAL PAIN. IT COMES FROM DAMAGE TO THE SPINE. OVER ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside has become the first hospital in the region to conduct a post-trial procedure using the innovative TOPS System. As one of the first hospitals in ...

Lower back and hip pain is common. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 619 million people live with lower back pain and it’s the leading cause of disability worldwide. But ...