Study design: Report of seven patients with fibrous adhesive entrapment of lumbosacral nerve roots as a cause of sciatica, whose radiographic findings were negative and who experienced relief from ...

Nerve compression syndrome can develop due to excess pressure on a nerve. It can affect the hands, arms, legs, and other parts of the body. This article looks at the symptoms of nerve compression ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A herniated disc can pinch a nerve, which causes pain, numbness, or weakness in your lower back and legs.Diagnosing a pinched nerve involves your medical ...

This patient has multilevel cervical spondylosis and cervical radiculopathy. Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative process of the intervertebral disks and facet joints. Degeneration of the ...

The diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia is clinical and is based on three main criteria: pain restricted to the territory of one or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve; paroxysms of pain that are ...

A 46 year-old woman presented with pain in the neck for several months followed by a rapidly progressive quadriparesis over two days. Schwannoma: (Left) T2-weighted sagittal MRI of the cervical spine; ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Archery, due to its reliance on upper extremity muscle control, can plague its participants with injuries that few outside of the sport appreciate. As a result, archers must be in top condition to ...

There are conditions that deserve special consideration because their presentation may mimic pain of neck origin. When these conditions coexist with primary neck pain, they render the separation of ...