The doctor will join spinal bones, called vertebrae, together. This limits the motion between them and how far your nerves can stretch. But it probably won’t limit your activity. It’s rare ...

the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows because of arthritis, bone spurs, or other problems.

During ACD or ACDF surgery, the disc is removed to help relieve pressure on the spinal nerve root. An anterior cervical discectomy is a procedure in which the surgeon cuts into the neck from the front ...

While any slight protrusion of a disc is classified as a herniation, the most problematic ones are larger and more prominent over the passageway of a spinal nerve (called the nerve “root”). Cervical ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Armpit pain can have many causes, ranging from injuries and irritants to ...