Lumbar spinal stenosis is a common cause of back and leg pain in older adults. When conservative treatment fails, surgical decompression is performed to relieve neural compression and improve function. While decompression restores space for neural structures, maintaining segmental support remains an important consideration. This raises an important clinical question; how can stability be maintained without increasing surgical disruption? Traditional Approaches to Stabilization Spinal...

Sensor-based innovations are opening new possibilities for understanding posture, spinal alignment, and movement during everyday life.  Understanding the Gap in Spine Evaluation How the spine moves during daily activity is often difficult to capture. Most evaluations rely on imaging, physical examination, and patient-reported outcomes collected during a clinic visit. While these approaches help assess spinal structure and symptoms, they provide only a limited snapshot of how the spine...

Learn the difference between CT scans and X-rays, how each imaging technique works, and when doctors use them to diagnose injuries and evaluate conditions such as fractures and spine problems.