CLEVELAND, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more than 1.2 million spinal surgeries are performed nationally each year. But sometimes the pain ...
A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...
Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, explains why back surgery is rarely the answer, and what the first ...