As Dr Girling already explained, a soft mattress can lead to spinal alignment being thrown out and joint inflammation.

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to stabilize and protect it. But over time, too much scarring can prevent nerves ...

An injury isn't the only reason you're suffering. These everyday habits or common conditions could be the trigger.

Tiger Woods had another surgery on his lower back Friday. He hopes this one will relieve some of the spasms he experienced.

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, ...

Los Angeles-based Cedars Sinai's endoscopic spine program is less than two years old, and Corey Walker, MD, has played a key role in growing the service line.

Alcohol-related neuropathy is characterized by damage to the peripheral nerves, which transmit signals between the body, spinal cord, and brain. Your peripheral nerves help your body manage ...

Given corticosteroids’ anti-inflammatory properties and their regulatory role in neuronal protein production and myelination, corticosteroids could serve as an adjunct therapy for peripheral nerve ...

Natalie Morales has joined the recurring cast of Grey’s Anatomy season 21. As a guest star, she played Dr. Monica Beltran, a pediatric surgeon, in season 20 and has appeared in six episodes so far.

A man left with incontinence and partial paralysis in the legs after spinal surgery received a $1.25 million settlement in his Essex County medical malpractice suit on Aug. 2. Orlando Figueroa was ...

and there are over 2,300 individuals and families living with spinal cord injury across Ireland. After injury, the long axonal projections of nerve cells are cut and 'die-back' from the injury ...