Nixon's Jimena Ibarra was diagnosed with spondylosis and spondylolisthesis, affecting her ability to play, but she still made it out on the volleyball court.

New Hampshire and Arkansas were found to have the highest rates of unnecessary spinal fusions and/or laminectomies and vertebroplasties, respectively, according ...

3. "Overuse" was defined for spinal fusions and/or laminectomies if patients did not have radicular symptoms, trauma, herniated disc, discitis, spondylosis, myelopathy, radiculopathy, radicular pain ...

spondylosis, spinal stenosis, facet hypertrophy Percutaneous laser discectomy Same as standard microdiscectomy History of previous lumbar surgery, workman's compensation, stenosis, facet ...

Spinal fusion and laminectomy procedures were deemed overused for patients with low back pain, excluding those with radicular symptoms, trauma, herniated disc, discitis, spondylosis, myelopathy, ...

Spondylosis, in general, also causes the cartilage around the spinal joints to eventually wear away. That cartilage plays a role in preventing the bones of each joint from rubbing against each other.

More than 200,000 Medicare patients with back pain underwent $2 billion worth of unnecessary surgeries, including spinal fusion and/or laminectomy or vertebroplasty, over a recent 3-year period, ...

We've joined forces with a panel of experts to bring you this ultimate guide to improving - or stopping - your back pain, based on the latest scientific research.

it is possible that the combination of repeated mechanical loading and increased prevalence of cervical injuries in contact sport athletes is a cause of early spinal degeneration. In particular, ...