In fact, there is no specific mattress that’s best for back pain. Instead, people with back pain should look for mattresses that feel medium-firm to you. Those beds have the best chance of ...

Sadly, 44% of Which? members say they suffer from back pain 1. Could investing in a new mattress help? Read our advice on the best mattresses for back pain. It’s easy to be drawn in by mattress-makers ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio — Everyone knows someone with back pain. For some, it gets so bad that surgery becomes the only option for relief. “It was ruining my life,” said 29-year-old ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A new study revealed that only 10% of non-surgical ...

Yet, for many people, rotation is a struggle — leading to stiffness, discomfort and chronic back pain. While professional baseball players train for optimal rotational ability to maximize power ...

causing ischemia and hypoxia in the spinal cord and nerve roots. The main clinical diagnoses include lumbar disc herniation, narrowing of the nerve root canal, and lateral recess of the lumbar canal.

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. There is currently ...

You may have seen articles this week saying that most non-surgical back pain treatments – like painkillers and heat treatments – don’t work very well. As someone who has had back trouble ...

MORE children are due to be sent overseas for spinal surgeries as the new Health Minister admitted kids are still waiting too long for operations in Ireland. It comes as the number of children ...

Acupuncture. Massage. Muscle relaxants. Cannabinoids. Opioids. The list of available treatments for low back pain goes on and on. But there’s not good evidence that these treatments actually ...