Our Spinal Cord Injury Program specializes in caring for spinal cord injury patients immediately after the injury and during rehabilitation and recovery. We offer treatment options that are unique in ...

Inflammation that doesn’t go away can change the structure of your spine. And if you have ankylosing spondylitis (AS), there’s about a 5% to 15% chance you may have a spinal fracture at some point in ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

Spinal compression fractures are another source of back pain for which do not we do not see a lot of coverage. However, in our field, I find that these are one of the most common causes of back pain ...

It’s thought hidden spine fractures affect 2.2 million people – but the signs of a fracture aren’t always easy to spot. This is why the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has ...

(WABI) - Osteoporosis affects so many Maine women. It’s referred to as a silent disease because often, there are no symptoms until a bone breaks. For Karen Lake, it was a fracture in her spine. Joy ...

Among older people, vertebral compression fractures are very common, and those with such fractures are at high risk of incurring new ones. Findings in a new thesis from the University of Gothenburg ...