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 ...

How does basal vertebral nerve ablation compare to traditional back surgery? A new procedure called basal vertebral nerve ablation may provide long-term relief for adults with chronic vertebrogenic ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A relatively new procedure at Southcoast Health could be life-changing for patients experiencing chronic back pain. According to the National Institutes of Health, back ...

A herniated disk can cause lower back pain, numbness, tingling, and other symptoms. Certain factors make a herniated disk in the lower back more likely. Treatment may depend on the severity. Other ...

Tiger Woods underwent lumbar disc replacement surgery in his lower back after experiencing pain and a lack of mobility, the 15-time major golf champion announced on Saturday. Woods said he had the ...

Tiger Woods announced Friday that he underwent surgery to repair a nerve impingement in his lower back. Woods, who will turn 49 in December, has not played since the Open Championship in July. In ...

Golf great Tiger Woods has gone through a seventh back surgery, this time to replace a disk in his lower back that caused him ...

Tiger Woods had another surgery on his lower back — his sixth in the past 10 years — on Friday morning. This one he hopes will relieve some of the spasms he experienced this year. In a brief statement ...

Luigi Mangione, who is facing charges over the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, reportedly suffered from back pain that could have led to a negative experience with the health-care ...

Tiger Woods has been pictured for the first time since undergoing back surgery, which has left his future at the elite level ...

Tiger Woods had yet another surgery on his lower back Friday morning. This one he hopes will relieve some of the spasms he experienced this year. It was the sixth surgery on his lower back in the last ...