Medtronic is the most commonly used lumbar component manufacturer in the U.S., according to the 2025 American Spine Registry, a partnership between the American Association of Neurological Surgeons ...

Tick, tick. Before you dive in, I wouldn’t be doing my due diligence if I didn’t mention this lower back exercise might not be for everyone. While it can help ease some symptoms of sciatica ...

Exercise & weight management may help. At 38, I was diagnosed with mild degenerative disc disease at L5-S1 after experiencing persistent lower back stiffness. While physiotherapy has helped somewhat, ...

Many patients with lower back pain, sciatica, pain down the back of the legs, or weakness of the lower-extremity muscles are diagnosed with a herniated (a.k.a. compressed or ruptured) spinal disc ...

A spine-stimulating implant already being tested for paralysis might also aid neurodegenerative diseases like spinal muscle atrophy. This image from video provided by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh ...

More information: First-in-human study of epidural spinal cord stimulation in individuals with spinal muscular atrophy, Nature Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03484-8 . www.nature.com ...

Stryker has agreed to sell its U.S. spinal implants business to Viscogliosi Brothers to create a newly formed company called VB Spine. The medical technology company said Tuesday the New York City ...

The changes in range of motion (ROM) in L4/5 and L5/S1 in these two groups before and after surgery ... The exclusion criteria were (1) spondylolisthesis ≥ grade II; (2) disk herniation, spinal ...

Low back pain (LBP ... the internal loads experienced on the lumbar joints during gait. This allowed us to obtain the compression and shear forces and twisting forces on the L3-S1 lumbar ...

The reference standard was set to be disc herniation causing impingement (compression and/or dislocation) of a spinal nerve root ... To diagnose an L5 radiculopathy the clinician focused on ...