Lumbar spinal stenosis self-care strategies including regular exercise, posture changes, and adopting healthy habits can help relieve back pain caused by narrowing spaces in the spinal canal. Lumbar ...

What Are the Treatments for Spinal Stenosis? Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the canal in your spinal column that affects mostly people age 50 and older. Nothing can cure it, but there are ...

What Is a Spinal MRI? A spinal MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make clear, detailed pictures of your spine. The MRI may scan your whole ...

Respiratory difficulties and mortality following severe cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) result primarily from malfunctions of respiratory pathways and the paralyzed diaphragm. Nonetheless, ...

Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) causes a loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem. It mainly affects facial and swallowing muscles and the muscles in the arms and legs ...

A California federal court earlier this month ruled in favor of 74-year-old Pamela Morrison, awarding her $7.25 million in damages after she says she suffered a crushed spine after slipping ...

The Arizona grandmother who suffered a crushed spine and other injuries that left ... “Entering and exiting a moving walkway perturbs the gait stability of the walkers, even when entering ...

There are several treatment options available for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic condition characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting. The disease mainly affects motor ...

cThe Dubowitz Neuromuscular Unit, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window The first prenatal treatment for spinal muscular atrophy showed promise in a single case report. Risdiplam was given to ...

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A new spinal cord implant may help people ... range of motion and changes in gait and walking ability when the device was turned on and off.

Postural and walking stability is an important objective gait metric for patients with spinal pathology. Changes in posture and walking stability, including falls, correlates with recovery following ...