The Associated Press describes a new technology, called Indego, that allows people with paralysis to walk and is being used and tested in US rehab hospitals. The device straps onto the patient’s legs, and as the patient tilts from side to side, the device allows them to walk. When the patient leans back,...

A new study in European Spine Journal assesses the efficacy of antibiotic treatment in patients whose only known illness was chronic lower back pain (CLBP) (>6 months) occurring after a previous disc herniation and who also had bone edema demonstrated as Modic type I changes in the vertebrae adjacent to...

A video in the Scientific American describes a new revolutionary treatment for lower back pain called, TOPS developed in Israel by Premia Spine. TOPS, short for total posterior arthroplasty, is composed of to two titanium plates surrounding a central polyurethane unit that moves, allowing motion in all...