Spinal surgery for lumbar disc herniation can require weeks of recovery and fusion of the spine, which decreases mobility. Laser surgery is performed with a small needle that is placed directly into the damaged disc to decompress it. The...
Certain spinal maladies like scoliosis (curvature of the spine), kyphosis (a humpback deformity) and degenerative disk disease, which is the result of normal wear and tear on a spinal disk, may require surgery. However, both the Cleveland Clinic...
Rehabilitation following surgery on your lower back often begins shortly after you wake up from surgery in order to prevent stiffness and weakness from setting in due to inactivity. This rehabilitation often includes exercises designed to help...
Back surgery usually is performed to alleviate pain caused by a pinched nerve, according to the Laser Spine Institute. Whether the cause is due to a genetic deformity, an injury or degenerative disease, the kinds of exercises and activities in...
If you have back surgery, your expectation after you have healed from the operation would most likely be to feel relief from the symptoms that led you to have the surgery, namely back or leg pain. Yet, the occurrence of pain after back surgery is...
One of the goals of new back surgery techniques is to minimize invasive procedures, reports Dr. Gerald Rodts, professor of neurological and orthopaedic surgery at Emory University in an article for "Spine Universe." New surgery techniques use...
The thoracolumbar portion of your spinal column runs from 11th vertebrae in your mid-back area, known as the thoracic region, to the third vertebrae in your lower back, or lumbar, area. In other words, your thoracolumbar region connects your...
Seven vertebrae of the spinal column are considered part of the neck; these are called the cervical vertebrae. Fractures to these vertebrae range from minor hairline fractures to fatal broken necks. Rehabilitation from a broken vertebra in the...
