Michael Markmiller was in excruciating pain for years. The 53-year-old couldn’t walk more than 100 meters without his legs ...

Daily electrical stimulation of certain nerves in the spinal cord appeared to help three people with spinal muscular atrophy ...

It’s a position no one wants to be in. You have sharp, debilitating pain. This is not your standard muscle tightness. This ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

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Technology if anything has worsened the situation, said Dr. Sidney Pruitt, a Cleburne chiropractor. “We call it tech neck and we see it in a lot of younger kids,” Pruitt said. “When we look at their X ...

Are you struggling with back pain related to lumbar stenosis? Brad: So stenosis is something that a number of people have. It ...

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A neurosurgeon and a neuroscientist discover promising new ways to help people with spinal cord injuries walk again ...

Spinal muscle atrophy or SMA is a genetic disease ... While turned on, it zaps circuits of dormant nerves downstream of the injury to activate muscles. Then Capogrosso wondered if that same ...

For instance, demyelination of nerves in the lower spine may affect leg movement or bladder and bowel control. In contrast, demyelination of the optic nerve can affect eyesight. How fast these ...