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

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal ...

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

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 ...

Researchers reported a spine-stimulating implant might aid neurodegenerative diseases like spinal muscle atrophy.

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

"The Evrysdi tablet combines established efficacy with convenience, providing an additional flexible option for SMA management." The approval of the Evrysdi tablet was based on the results of a ...

Evrysdi is the only non-invasive disease-modifying SMA treatment and is approved in over 100 countries Evrysdi tablet can be stored at room temperature and offers the same demonstrated efficacy and sa ...

Fingernail-sized vibrating gadgets, similar to the tiny devices that make your cellphone buzz, could help people with ...

An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord may help people with a paralyzing genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy.

Nerves send messages between your brain and the rest of your body. The nerves in your neck and back branch off of the spinal cord, exit the spinal canal between vertebrae (the bones of your spine), ...