One day, everything is fine. The next day, you wake up to a radiating pain in your spine every time you cough, sneeze or twist your back. What gives? If this story sounds familiar, you may have a ...

Lower back and hip pain is common. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 619 million people live with lower back pain and it’s the leading cause of disability worldwide. But ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Injury, age and poor posture can all contribute to herniated or bulging discs, which is a common cause of upper and lower back pain. Treatments range from pain management to ...

Certain exercises, such as stretches and rotations, can help heal herniated discs by pushing the disc away from the nerve root. Herniated discs (also called bulging discs or slipped discs) can be ...

At some point, 60% of the population has had or will have lower back pain, says Kin M. Yuen, M.D., a sleep medicine specialist at UCSF Health in San Francisco, California. That means at any one point, ...

Running is not typically related to higher-than-usual incidences of lower back pain. However, excessive running without sufficient recovery time, improper running form, and other factors may ...

Slipped disc is no longer limited to old age. Here's why desk jobs increase the risk, early symptoms people ignore, and how ...