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Why Your Sternocleidomastoid Hurts and What to Do
Sternocleidomastoid pain often results from poor posture, muscle tension, or repetitive neck movements, leading to symptoms like neck tenderness, headaches, and dizziness. The sternocleidomastoid muscles run along the sides of your neck and help you turn and tilt your head. You can help ease discomfort with expert-backed strategies, exercises, and other treatments.
Back pain during pregnancy is often dismissed as a passing discomfort—a nurse explains why it should be taken seriously
About half to three-quarters of expectant mothers experience pain during pregnancy that is largely untreated, contributing to preventable suffering and harm. Many mothers avoid medications and treatments during pregnancy for fear that they may cause harm to their unborn baby. Yet, most are unaware of the harms that untreated pain in pregnancy may cause.
5 Facts about Scoliosis Every Parent Should Know
Scoliosis is a common spine condition often found in adolescents. Roughly 3 million new cases of the condition are diagnosed in the United States each year, with a majority of them identified as idiopathic scoliosis — a type of scoliosis that presents in children in their teenage years.
Is the Holy Grail for Treating Chronic Back Pain Within Reach?
Chronic pain reroutes circuits in our nerves to the spinal cord and the brain. Understanding how this happens could help us reverse it.
Endoscopic Surgical Strategy for Upper Lumbar Disc Herniation With Spinal Canal Stenosis: A Technical Note
Treatment of upper lumbar disc herniation (LDH) with concomitant spinal canal stenosis is challenging. Conventionally, addressing both pathologies endoscopically requires the use of both transforaminal and interlaminar endoscopic systems, which increases surgical invasiveness and procedural complexity. In this study, we adopted a novel technique involving full endoscopic lumbar laminectomy via an interlaminar approach, followed by the application of a specially designed retraction tube.
