SPENDING hours a day playing tennis may give young, elite players a competitive edge, but all that activity may come with a price -- spinal injuries. A recent MRI study of 33 young English tennis ...

A facetectomy is a surgical procedure on the spine to remove one or both facet joints of a vertebra. Surgery aims to release pressure on a trapped nerve and reduce pain. Facets are bony protrusions ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xalud Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing DNA-delivered therapeutics, today announced the first patient dosed in a Phase 2a clinical trial of its ...

Studies Conducted at University of Louisville on Medicare and Medicaid Recently Reported (Utilization of Facet Joint and Sacroiliac Joint Interventions in Medicare Population from 2000 to 2014: ...

NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Premia Spine, a medical technology company changing the way debilitating chronic leg and back pain is treated, today announced publication of one-year outcomes from ...

It's a familiar story: you feel a twinge in your back and next thing you know, you can't get out of bed. From back pain to achy joints, musculoskeletal pain, while common, can be life-changing and ...

Twelve specialty societies, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists and others whose members include pain physicians, have joined together to maintain coverage for facet joint injection ...