Can Arthritis Occur in Your Back?
Experts estimate that more than 50 million Americans have some form of arthritis. Even though spinal arthritis is not an official type of arthritis, many arthritis patients suffer from lumbar spine pain related to their disease. Physicians like spine surgeon Dr....
Degenerative Disc Disease
Spinal discs are like jelly donuts in between the bones of your spine. They act like shock absorbers so that the bones don’t rub against each other. The 23 discs along the spine also help hold the bones in place and provide comfortable movement. What is degenerative...
Set Up Your Bed to Avoid Back Pain From Sleeping
Here’s an all-too-familiar scene: you roll out of bed first thing in the morning, and there it is—that intense backache or neck pain. Thinking it will work itself out throughout the day and blaming it on stiffness, you go about your day, but you still experience pain....