Steff DiPardo's mysterious back pain turned out to be ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory disorder that causes the bones in the spine to fuse over time.

Seven years ago, I woke up with a slight pain in my lower back. The pain was coming ... and ordered me an MRI and an X-ray, just to cover all the bases. Living in Toronto, Canada, getting ...

Almost 620 million people across the world are living with lower back pain, according to the World Health Organization. It's the leading cause of disability worldwide, but in most cases ...

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A 63-year-old man seeking treatment for knee pain was diagnosed with penile ossification, a rare condition where bone tissue grows within the penis. An X-ray revealed this unusual finding ...

GURU Nidhi Gupta, a physiotherapist and the founder of the Merahki Holistic Wellness Company, answers your health-related ...

If those bones are hyperrotating every time you swing, you're likely going to feel some lower-back pain eventually. The second problem is compression. A normal human being experiences wear and ...

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Lower back pain: "Only five vertebrae comprise the lower back, but those bones bear a lot of weight and pressure," Hascalovici said. "Herniated discs, muscle strains, nerve damage, and arthritis ...

Tiger Woods had another surgery on his lower back — his sixth in the ... and I'm hopeful this will help alleviate the back spasms and pain I was experiencing throughout most of the 2024 season ...