This curve helps keep the discs and muscles in proper alignment. The lumbar spine rests upon the sacrum. The place where they meet is called the lumbosacral joint, or L5-S1. The muscles in your ...

Herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP), also referred to as a herniated disc, is a common spine pathology ... patients with large midline lumbar HNPs may suffer significant neurological impairment.

The lumbar spine is comprised of five vertebrae—designated as L1 to L5—as well as five vertebral discs, and five pairs of spinal nerve roots servicing the pelvis, groin, genital area ...

Background Clinical examination of patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy aims to clarify ... Results The prevalence of disc herniation was 77.8%. The diagnostic accuracy of individual index ...

At the L5/S1 level, 58% were found to have an element of disc displacement ... the results suggest that elite athletes have a greater prevalence and greater degree of lumbar disc degeneration than the ...

Lumbar disc hernias can be alleviated with conservative treatments such as painkillers in around 80% of cases, but for the remaining 20%, surgery was the only way to control the pain. However ...

Lumbar (lower back) fusions are not common to return from for a variety of reasons. There is a good chance that surgery doesn't help and the pain doesn't improve. In the general population, it's about ...

The use of smartphones for a long time has led to 'tech neck', causing a hunched cervical spine and even spinal cord damage.