Local doctors are advising patients to carefully evaluate their options before opting for surgery to address neck or back ...

Julie Coleman, 33, first experienced pain in her back and legs during her pregnancy in 2014. Initially told it was sciatica, ...

When the topic of chronic pain comes up in conversation, it’s a safe bet most people in the room automatically think of ...

Years of high school, college and semiprofessional football meant Layne Herber’s knees didn’t stand much of a chance. By the ...

A.J. Minter was starting to feel fully healthy after last season's hip injury. Now, the Mets reliever faces a second straight ...

There’s back pain that comes and goes—maybe you tweaked something while working out or doing housework—and then there’s back ...

Innovative Maryland surgeons pioneer first-of-its-kind transorbital approach to remove spinal tumors, successfully treating a ...

We often hear people say they have sciatica when they have lower back pain. That is a bit like calling any illness the “flu.” ...

Here's why this muscle deserves more attention—and how to strengthen it. Lower back pain is often blamed on posture or pulled muscles—but the real cause may be deeper. Experts point to a deep ...

back pain is known to be the most common ailment among Americans. Dr. Arthur L. Jenkins III, a board-certified neurosurgeon in New York — who is also fellowship-trained in spinal surgery and CEO ...

The kidneys rest against the muscles of the lower back, which can make it hard to tell the difference between kidney pain and lower back pain. Additional symptoms can often help identify which ...

A once “fit and healthy” 25-year-old woman, whose lower back pain was initially misdiagnosed, died from bone cancer less than a year after a tumour was finally discovered in her pelvis.