Inflammation that doesn’t go away can change the structure of your spine. And if you have ankylosing spondylitis (AS), there’s about a 5% to 15% chance you may have a spinal fracture at some point in ...

Older adults with osteoporotic spine fractures who have a poor prognosis are less likely to require surgery if they are initially prescribed two weeks of bed rest, according to a new study. Current ...

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 ...

Your spine is made up of bones called vertebrae. The vertebrae in your neck are called cervical vertebrae, and there are 7 of them. They protect your spinal cord. A hangman's fracture is a break in ...

INDIANAPOLIS – Titanium rods and screws were placed in IndyCar driver Robert Wickens' spine during surgery Monday to stabilize a thoracic spinal fracture associated with a spinal cord injury sustained ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed rate of survival and recovery of ambulation at 60 days did not differ between use of ...

In honor of mothers everywhere, Sunday has been designated Don't Slouch Day. Well, technically, it's National Spinal Health Day, but if we had listened to our mothers when they told us not to slouch, ...