Lower back pain is a condition that can vary in intensity and duration, with causes ranging from acute muscle injuries to ...

The piriformis is one of the tiny and often overlooked muscles that can contribute to back pain. Lower back tension can arise ...

The nucleus pulposus is posterior in the annulus and the posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL ... located in the spinal canal at the level of the cauda equina. The cauda equina is the lumbar ...

Lower left back pain is muscle, organ, or nerve-related. This article helps you get closer to what’s causing continued pain ...

The act of training a dog to walk on its hind legs, while seemingly a harmless display of canine intelligence, can have ...

But more often, spinal stenosis is acquired, resulting from osteoarthritis of the spine. Thickening of a ligament in the back and bulging discs may also cause spinal stenosis. Other causes of spinal ...

What is lumbar spinal stenosis? Lumbar spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back (lumbar spine). The spinal canal houses the spinal cord and nerves. The narrowing caused by ...

spinal cord injury, cerebrovascular disease or prior pelvic surgery). The options for managing urge incontinence are summarized in Table 6. Lifestyle interventions such as a reduction in caffeine ...

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