Rob Sillevis explores joint manipulation, a hands-on therapeutic technique designed to relieve pain, improve mobility, ...

The term scoliosis comes from the Greek word skolios, meaning curved or crooked, aptly describing the medical condition in which the spine curves sideways, often in an S or C shape.

I tried a beginner contortion class from a professional contortionist. Here's what I learned, including her favorite ...

WE have recently studied 2 patients with symptoms of cerebral ischemia in whom a reversal of blood flow through the left vertebral artery ... and advanced into the thoracic aorta.

Dr. Erin M. Mannen joined Boise State in July 2020 as an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Boise Applied Biomechanics of Infants Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical ...

Methods This was a retrospective cohort study of all PKP surgery procedures of the thoracic, lumbar and thoracolumbar (TL) spine that have been performed ... This study involves human participants.

These roots are labeled C5 through C8 for the neck (cervical) vertebrae, and T1 for the first vertebra in the upper back (thoracic): After exiting the ... and cords in formalin preserved cadaveric ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

Rusia Okiriza Bariho from Uganda can't believe she survived cancer and is still alive three years after her doctor gave her days to live. Her spine had a tumour.

Your thoracic spine is the region beneath the cervical spine, in the middle of your back. Some common back pain causes are less likely to occur in your middle back, but it can still develop ...

New research shows that stimulation of the lumbosacral vertebrae region significantly elevated low blood pressure, unlike cervical or upper thoracic stimulation. Kessler Foundation researchers ...