Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, explains why back surgery is rarely the answer, and what the first ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Tiffany Bruce spends every day, all day, thinking about pain. Her own, yes, ...

What they treat: Herniated discs, whiplash, sciatica, or leg pain, and facet syndrome, a condition in which back joints slip out of alignment. ‘‘Most people come to us last, when they are scheduled ...

Arthrex's technology allows surgeons to remove the herniated part of the disc through a single incision of less than one centimeter. Lumbar spine disc herniations were previously treated utilizing a ...