Spinal cord stimulators have grown in popularity over the past several years as patients see benefits in the less-invasive procedure. Stimulators help patients to treat chronic ... January: A ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

A Mayo student who was paralysed in a road crash has been able to stand and walk after doctors implanted a spinal cord stimulator ... describing the procedure as giving him "a second chance ...

"The SynerFuse™ e-TLIF™ technique will be a new treatment approach of integrating neuromodulation with spinal decompression ... the SynerFuse™ e-TLIF™ procedure incorporates insights ...

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous system. An MRI can detect spinal cord lesions and help diagnose and monitor the condition. Multiple ...

He spent the next few years researching and developing the procedure. "The way the surgery works is [a spinal cord stimulator] supplies that little bit of an extra boost to the spinal cord to make ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...

What Are the Treatments for Spinal Stenosis? Spinal stenosis is ... even those that don't need a prescription. This procedure, called percutaneous image-guided lumbar decompression (PILD), removes ...

Bending forward increases the diameter of your spinal canal, thus taking pressure off the nerves and potentially alleviating symptoms. Here are some good flexion exercises to practice: Once symptoms ...