Spinal Conditions

A variety of spinal conditions, such as scoliosis, can cause back and neck pain. Learn how they are diagnosed and what options you may have for treatment.
Newborn boy sleeping - stock photo
What Is Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) in Babies?
Photo of a mother having tummy time with an infant.
The Benefits of Physical Therapy for Torticollis in Children
Spine exam
Kyphosis vs. Lordosis: What Are the Differences?
Werdnig Hoffmann Disease
What Is Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease?
surgeons holding surgical laser in operating room
Laser Spine Surgery: Everything You Need to Know
painful sciatic nerve
Sciatica Surgery: Everything You Need to Know
A physical therapist and a young girl in a scoliosis brace.
Physical Therapy for Scoliosis
Doctor examining chest x-ray film of patient at hospital
An Overview of Myelopathy
Beautiful little boy on wheelchair smiling and looking with admiration at his unrecongizable physical therapist
How Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Is Treated
Child in wheelchair with parents
How Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Is Diagnosed
Child at home in a wheelchair
Symptoms of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Explaining spinal nerves and spine structure
What Is a Facetectomy?
spinal cord
An Overview of Spinal Cord Compression
before surgery
10 Things Your Spine Surgeon Should Know Before Surgery
Senior couple walking in the woods hand in hand
Tips for Preventing Degenerative Disc Disease
Child physiotherapist examining patient spine
5 Scoliosis Treatments You Should Know About
Doctor consulting with patient Back problems Physical therapy concept
Painful Facet Joints? It Could Be Hypertrophy
Annular fissure
Annular Fissure: Spinal Pain of Intervertebral Discs
Senior man with back pain. Spine physical therapist and paient. chiropractic pain relief therapy. Age related backache
Neuroforaminal Stenosis Defined
Mature woman showing medical professional her painful arm
Diagnosing Cervical Radiculopathy
Doctor looking a spine figure with her patient
Central Canal Stenosis Symptoms and Causes
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Flexion Bias and Your Back Pain
Neuralforaminal Narrowing Treatment
Neuralforaminal Stenosis Treatment
Vertebral column
An Overview of Spinal Synovial Cysts
A doctor examines a young patient's spine.
Levoscoliosis and Dextroscoliosis: An Overview
Back problems.
Risks Factors for Adjacent Segment Degeneration After Spinal Fusion
Xray image of arthritic spine.
What Is Cervical Spondylosis?
Doctor checking senior mans back in examination room
10 Types of Back Pain Specialists
Doctor looking at an x-ray of a patient's neck while performing an exam
Does a Referral to a Spine Surgeon Mean Surgery?
Senior women doing ore stabilization workout on exercise balls
The Basics of Spinal Instability
Woman rubbing sore neck
Why the Scalene Muscles Get Tight
A Doctor Reviewing X-ray Results stock photo
Traction Spurs and Spinal Degeneration
Vertebra or spinal bone
Vertebral Body and Spinal Compression Fractures
Surgeons handing forceps in operating room
Retrolisthesis and Spine Surgery
Tired office worker suffering from neck pain
Why Does Your Neck Hurt? 5 Neck Pain Causes
Woman with neck and shoulder pain
Myofascial Pain Syndrome and the Spasm Cycle
Senior man with neck pain.
2 Common Spinal Conditions in Seniors and the Elderly
Cervical kyphosis is a reversing of the natural curve in the neck (or low back.)
Flat Neck Syndrome Causes and Treatment
Sacroiliac joint seen from above.
Treatments for Sacroiliac Joint Pain and Dysfunction
Man with broken neck reading
How a Neck Fracture Is Treated
A man telling his doctor about his back problems.
Annular Fissure Causes and Treatment
Surgeon talking with senior patient lying on bed in hospital ward
Adjacent Segment Degeneration After Surgery
Annular tear and irritated spinal nerve root
Three Ways your Spinal Discs May Be Causing Your Back Pain
Teenage girl at the doctor with back pain
What Is Scheuermann's Disease?
A doctor and his patient looking at an x-ray
Neurogenic Claudication and Spinal Stenosis
Close up unhealthy mature woman touching back, sitting on bed
How Sciatica Is Treated
Neck bones
Simple Wedge Fractures in the Cervical Spine
Physiotherapy on a woman's neck
An Overview of Torticollis
Cobb Angle Measurement
How Scoliosis Is Measured by the Cobb Angle
Man sitting on bed with backache
An Overview of Cauda Equina Syndrome
Sciatic back pain
Are Back Mice Real?
A woman in a wheelchair painting on an easel
What is Spina Bifida?
A spine doctor talking to her patient
Clay Shoveler's Fracture Risk and Treatment
Woman holding her back
What is Lumbar Lordosis?
surgeons in an operating room
Dural Sac Tears During Spinal Surgery
Top-and side-view illustration of spinal stenosis
What Is Spinal Stenosis?
Sacroiliac and low back pain
Inflammatory Arthritis: Types of Active Inflammation
Woman with backache, massaging her back.
Radiculopathy Overview: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
Young male doctor holding model spine in front of blonde woman with her back to the camera
What Is Arachnoiditis?
Nerve cells.
How Spinal Nerve Roots and Dermatomes Can Contribute to Your Pain