Suddenly, pain shoots down the leg, sitting becomes torture, and every step is a struggle. That's what sciatica feels like.

Long hours at your desk may be silently damaging your spine. Poor posture and lack of movement could be the reason your back pain won’t quit.

Most Americans will experience back pain at some point — and many times it’s not a result of injury or illness. Seemingly simple, everyday tasks can cause or exacerbate back pain by placing undue ...

Gentle stretches and exercises can reduce sciatic ... A herniated or bulging disc in the lower back can directly cause ...

Introduction Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a prevalent degenerative spinal condition, affecting approximately 77.8% of patients with lumbar spine disorders (1, 2). LDH is characterized by ...

LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROLAPSE Mixter and Barr in 1934 first described the herniated disc to be a cause of segmental leg pain (sciatica or femoralgia). Acute low back pain is a relatively common ...

Background and purpose Although the standard treatment for lumbar disc herniation is lumbar microdiscectomy, nucleoplasty offers a new technique with encouraging results in well selected cases.

Objectives Despite lumbar degenerative disc disease (LDDD) being significantly associated with non-specific low back pain and effective treatment remaining elusive, specialist multidisciplinary ...

In October 2024, Dr. Cuéllar performed a three-level lumbar artificial disc replacement (ADR) using the ProDisc system. The procedure involved disc arthroplasty at the L3-4, L4-5, and L5-S1 levels.