Spine News

These yoga asanas can be incorporated into your daily routine to gradually alleviate back pain and improve spinal health.

Dr Akshay Kumar Saxena, Senior Consultant Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement, Spine Surgery, explains how poor posture contributes to chronic discomfort. 

A new study has revealed that higher intake of dairy products may improve bone mineral density and strengthen the spine.

Scoliosis is a sideway curvature of the spine which caused breathing issues.

Unlike in adults, a child with a backache may have a serious underlying disorder, and it should not be ignored.

A 14-year-old girl named Ella Tomlinson has a new spine made of rope in a remarkable operation to help her carry on her sporting dream.

A five-day old infant recently underwent a risky surgery at Chennai's Kauvery Hospital to remove a 15 cm by 18 cm tumour located on the back of her spine.

 For the first time in India, a team of surgeons from Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram successfully implanted a 3D-printed vertebrae on a 32-year-old woman, who was suffering from spinal tuberculosis for quite some time.

Cervical spondylitis usually occurs in middle-aged and elderly people, but according to orthopaedicians, computers and mobile phones are making even youngsters predisposed to developing the condition quite early in life.

Common symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis include - pain in the joints, lower back, back, hip, middle back, neck, or shoulder.  

It is difficult to live with these problems but at the same time, it is easy to deal with them by taking precautions.

When surgically placed in the damaged vertebrae, the polymer graft grows up to be just the right size and shape to fix the spinal column.

Exercises that improve coordination of muscles that support and control the spine offer a strategy to reduce pain and disability caused by lower back pain, finds a new study.

 A system incorporating a smartphone app can help adolescents and young adults with spina bifida, a disabling congenital condition affecting the spine, and improve their daily self-management skills, scientists say.

 Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, are developing a spine brace with sensors that provides more flexibility than the braces currently in use for children suffering from scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine.