Intervertebral disc disease in dogs is a spinal condition that affects the discs between the vertebrae. The discs in between ...

Simple water-based exercises, such as swimming or water aerobics, can greatly improve muscle strength around the spine, ...

Three floors below Dmitriy Sheyn’s lab at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, doctors remove degenerated intervertebral discs from patients with severe back pain. Instead of tossing the old discs, however, ...

A posterior annular tear is a painful condition characterized by tear or rupture in the annulus fibrosus (outer layer of an intervertebral disc, particularly in the posterior (back) region of the ...

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Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes as compared with published literature of changes seen in non-athletes—that is, normal population.