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Chronic spinal stenosis affects millions of people worldwide, causing debilitating pain, numbness, and mobility limitations that can severely impact quality of life. This condition occurs when the ...

One of the risks of weight lifting is a pinched nerve, which can result in pain, tingling, numbness, and muscle weakness.

NBA superstar LeBron James hasn't played all season due to an injury to his sciatica on the right side. However, will James suit up and play for the Los Angeles Lakers tonight, on November 18, against ...

LeBron James says this is not the first time he’s dealt with sciatica. He also had it during the offseason two years ago. “If ...

Transforaminal nerve root block (TFNRB) is a precise local injection technique used to target a particular inflamed nerve root that causes lumbar radiculopathy for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

Correspondence to Professor Gabriele Wurm, Neurosurgical Department, Landesnervenklinik Wagner Jauregg, Wagner Jauregg Weg 15, A-4020 Linz, Austria; gabriele.wurm{at}gespag.at Background Despite the ...

Clinical exam and history must correlate with radiographic studies. For example, a patient with right leg pain that radiates across the dorsum of the foot to the great toe should have radiographic ...

The following is a summary of “Feasibility of Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections for Management of Lumbar Radicular Back Pain,” published in the February 2025 issue of ...

Epidural glucocorticoid injection is an intervention commonly used for managing lumbosacral radicular pain. The goal of the injection is to administer glucocorticoids to the epidural space to reduce ...