How Bulging Discs Are Diagnosed

How Bulging Discs Are Diagnosed

Disc problems are a relatively common source of spine pain, especially in your neck and lower back, the two most mobile areas of your spine. While disc issues can happen at any age, they’re most common during middle age, and they also tend to occur more...
Arthritis Hereditary Factors: What Science Says

Arthritis Hereditary Factors: What Science Says

Nearly 60 million Americans have been diagnosed with arthritis, a group of diseases that cause joint inflammation, stiffness, and pain. That number doesn’t include an unknown number of men and women who have arthritis but haven’t sought medical care for...
How An Epidural Can Relieve Your Acute Pain

How An Epidural Can Relieve Your Acute Pain

Mention “epidural injections,” and many people think of the anesthetic injections given prior to childbirth or some types of surgery to block nerve sensations in the lower body. But there’s another type of epidural injection — epidural steroid injection or...