The lumbar vertebrae are the largest movable bones of the backbone. Their large size and bone strength is necessary because these vertebrae support more weight than the upper two segments of the ...

The muscles of the lower back help stabilize, rotate, flex, and extend the spinal column, which is a bony tower of 24 vertebrae that gives the body structure and houses the spinal cord. The spinal ...

CASTEL SAN PIETRO, Switzerland, 25 April 2022 - Medacta announces the successful completion of the first lumbar fusion procedure in the United States utilizing the M.U.S.T. (R) Pedicle Screw System in ...

Dr. Benjamin Geddes, MD, fellowship trained spine surgeon with Center for Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics, has completed the first successful series of U.S. surgeries for total joint replacement for ...

Lumbar retrolisthesis is when parts of your backbone are slipping backward on one another. Although this condition generally causes few symptoms, there’s evidence that lumbar retrolisthesis can lead ...

Unstable shoes – compared to normal shoes – improve trunk muscle activity in order to maintain balance, which in turn favors spine stability and can help reduce low back pain, new research concludes.