Spinal stenosis is a common condition, which with the availability of modern imaging facilities is now being increasingly recognized as a cause of low back pain and radiculopathy (leg pain) in the ...

As we get older, we can develop back and neck pain, and it is not unusual for patients to seek out a spine specialist for help. What many of us don’t realize is that leg or arm pain also can be a sign ...

DOCTOR, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT SPINAL STENOSIS. IT CAN BE A VERY PAINFUL CONDITION AND IT CAN BECOME SO BAD THAT IT DOES REQUIRE SURGERY AS 11 NEWS ANCHOR LACEY GRIFFITH EXPLAINS. FOR ONE MARYLAND WOMAN, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband is 84 years old and has critical stenosis in his back. He is also diabetic (his A1C level is 8.8% with insulin), has high blood pressure that is under control, and takes ...

Back pain is among the most frequent reasons patients seek care at Neurosurgery Services of CMA. Although many patients attribute their back pain to a pinched nerve, the condition is often due to ...

NEITHER GLASSES. NORMALLY A BUSY WOMAN WHO LIKES TO TRAVEL. BUT SHE SAYS HER SPINAL STENOSIS DIAGNOSIS TWO YEARS AGO CHANGED EVERYTHING. IT WAS DEBILITATING. I COULDN’T EVEN WALK. I WAS IN A ...

Throughout my career as a physical therapist, I've heard this question so many times that I felt it was worthy of this article. Stenosis is also one of the more misunderstood spinal diagnoses. In ...

Q: I am an 86-year-old male in relatively good health. I developed pain in my lower back, buttocks and upper legs that started a couple of months ago. It is particularly painful in the morning when I ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 86-year-old male in relatively good health. I developed pain in my lower back, buttocks and upper legs that started a couple of months ago. It is particularly painful in the ...

InSpan, an interspinous-interlaminar fixation device, has been implanted in thousands of degenerative spine disease patients since its FDA clearance in 2010 and has now been granted a patent for its ...