A new position statement from the International Osteoporosis Foundation's (IOF) Committee of Scientific Advisors Fracture ...

Decades ago, back operations involved long surgeries, lengthy recoveries and extended hospital stays. Open spine surgeries often comprised of large incisions, leading to post-operative pain and long ...

The reputation of spine surgery was built in another era. Patients still imagine a long incision down the back, muscles stripped from the spine and months spent recovering in a brace. For decades, ...

According to the North American Community Hub Statistics (NCHstats), back pain affects four in every five people in the United States. The discomfort and loss of mobility that it causes result in 264 ...

Prehabilitation can help the elderly recover better and suffer fewer complications from spinal fusion surgery, a new study says. Patients 75 and older who underwent a four-week prehab program prior to ...

A neurosurgeon says there is a new procedure that has been shown to reduce back pain for patients suffering from spinal stenosis and is considered an alternative to spinal fusion surgery. TOPS, which ...

Tom Molinski, 69, is relieved after receiving a cheque in the mail for nearly $24,000 from Manitoba Health after the province ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...