Last month former vice president Dick Cheney went in for elective back surgery. According to Reuters, the surgery was elective and for a condition called spinal stenosis. This is a commonly treated problem at the Spine Center. So, for those of you who have no idea what spinal stenosis is and are...

Most healthy bones can withstand substantial forces. If the force is too great for the vertebrae to sustain however, one or more of them can fracture. If the bone is too weak to withstand normal pressure, it may not take much force to cause the vertebral body to collapse. Compression fractures of...

Degenerative spinal disorders are a group of conditions that involve a loss of normal structure and function in the spine. These common disorders are associated with the normal effects of aging, but also may be caused by infection, tumors, muscle strains, or arthritis. Pressure on the spinal cord...