Ordinarily, you might not think too much about your spinal cord, since it’s protected by your spinal canal. But imagine what might happen if your spinal canal began to narrow around your spinal cord.

Cervical stenosis is the narrowing of the vertebral canal in the neck. It is a common cause of neck pain and is more common in elderly patients. Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 86-year-old male in relatively good health. I developed pain in my lower back, buttocks and upper legs that started a couple of months ago. It is particularly painful in the ...

For patients with spinal stenosis, operative treatment is associated with a lower risk of death and lower costs over two years, compared with nonoperative treatment, suggests a study in the February ...

Lumbar spinal stenosis can disrupt nerve signals to your legs, making walking difficult or painful. Symptoms may include leg numbness, cramping, tingling, weakness, or foot drop. Some people feel ...

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Undergoing Cervical Spine Surgery with the Salt Lake Orthopedic Clinic at MountainStar Healthcare’s St. Mark’s Hospital ...

More than 153,000 cervical spine procedures have been added to the American Spine Registry from 2015 to 2024, and the majority of them were anterior cervical discectomy and fusions, according to the ...

The same abnormal proteins that can build up in your heart when you have transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CM) can also leave deposits in your spine, resulting in spinal stenosis. The symptoms ...

You may get away with ignoring a slipped disc and using temporary fixes like heat packs or painkillers but over time it can lead to serious conditions like Sciatica or Spinal Stenosis. Sciatica ...