They provide flexibility, allow for spine movement like flexion and extension ... As degenerative disk disease begins, the spinal disks start to lose fluidity. They become dehydrated and are ...

The kinematics of spinal flexion and extension are associated with a shifting ... The sources of low back pain include the intervertebral disc, nerve roots, sacroiliac joints, ligamentous, muscular ...

Lumbar disc herniation refers to the condition in which one of the discs in the lower back (lumbar spine) protrudes or ruptures. The lumbar spine consists of a stack of bones called vertebrae ...