What is a facet joint injection? A facet joint injection is an injection into or around the joints that sit on either side of the vertebrae (bones) in the spine. These small joints connect each spinal ...

What is Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease? Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), also known as hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, is the most common hereditary neuropathy. It is slightly more common in ...

If you have rheumatoid arthritis or another rheumatic disease, your doctor may prescribe a type of medication called a DMARD. These medications relieve inflammation and pain in people with rheumatic ...

Prescription orthotics can help ease pressure and stress on the foot and improve your ability to walk or play sports you love. Here’s what to know. Advice to improve your movement, fitness, and ...

We enhance the quality of patient lives through cutting edge research in diagnostic imaging. The Department of Radiology and Imaging is nationally and internationally recognized as the premier center ...

The Center is comprised mainly of active and athletic women who understand what it’s like to train and compete at all levels. We have first hand knowledge that sports injuries and conditions impact ...

Spinal stenosis refers to narrowing of the spinal canal or tunnel that houses the neural elements (nerves) that travel along the spinal column. The narrowing can be central stenosis (referring to the ...

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Hip arthritis is one of the most commonly treated conditions at HSS. How does the hip joint work? What is hip arthritis? What causes hip arthritis? What are the symptoms of hip arthritis? If I have ...

The physiatrists at Hospital for Special Surgery perform non-operative treatment procedures on patients who have spinal and sports-related injuries as well as other musculoskeletal problems. These ...

Tendonitis is a general term to describe inflammation of a tendon, a thick, rope-like tissue that attaches a bone to a muscle. Tendonitis differs from arthritis, which refers to inflammation of a ...

Sciatica is nothing new: Some say that Hippocrates was the first doctor to name this unique condition that causes pain in the back of the leg. (Sciatica comes from the Greek word ischios, for hip.) ...