The spinal cord is the bundle of nerve tissue that extends from your brain and runs down your back to the L1 vertebra. The spinal cord is responsible for sending messages between your brain and ...

The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from the body to the brain. The peripheral nervous system is the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A brief application of a polymer commonly used in medicine and cosmetics has been shown to immediately repair damaged nerve membranes in live guinea pigs with severe spinal cord ...

This slippage, a sequela of arthritis, happens most often in the lumbar spine and can put pressure on the nerves around the spine. "Really arthritic backs can have varying degrees of ...

whereas there is little or no correlation between age and the soft tissue injuries with an L2–L4 nerve supply. Many clinicians subscribe to the concept of a “back related” hamstring injury (or more ...

A spinal cord injury (SCI) is the occurrence of an acute traumatic damage to the spinal cord or nerves roots within the spinal column, including the cauda equina, that results in temporary or ...

Sitting for extended periods can lead to serious spinal issues, including degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, and ...

The desire for a minimally invasive technique to restore intervertebral disc height for indirect decompression and sagittal ...