All Ruthann Jacklin really wanted was to lift her 2-year-old daughter, Joanna, and give her a big hug. It was a simple enough wish, but one denied Jacklin because of the nagging, sometimes crippling ...

A study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery shows that two-year outcomes of artificial disc replacement for two-level disc disease is an effective alternative to fusion, ...

A Davis-Monthan airman is the first patient in Southern Arizona to undergo a new surgery — using artificial spinal discs — to relieve the kind of severe lower back pain suffered by millions of ...

Jared Ament, MD, is at the forefront of new motion-preserving spine techniques. Dr. Ament and Amir Vokshoor, MD, debuted a 360-degree spine procedure combining Premia Spine’s Tops and Centinel Spine ...

Like so many people with lower-back pain, Danno Williams made adjustments. He rolled out of bed instead of just sitting up. He draped his arms on the steering wheel of his truck to drive without ...

New Findings Underscore Safety and Efficiency of Artificial Disc Replacement in the Outpatient Setting PR Newswire NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 31, 2025 The abstract, authored by Steven J. Girdler, MD ...

A quiet disruption is taking place in spine surgery—one that may change how the country treats one of its most common medical problems. At the Neurosurgery & Spine Group (NSG), based in Los Angeles, ...

Matthew Buchanon woke up one weekend more than six months ago with a pain in his shoulder. Having worked construction for 16 years as an Army engineer, the 33-year-old didn’t think much of it at first ...

Artificial spinal disc producer SpinalMotion, just tacked $500,000 onto its $20 million third round of funding through a patent licensing agreement with an unnamed corporation. Based in Mountain View, ...

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