St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, right, visits the mound with pitcher Chris Carpenter, left, in the second inning during Game 6 of the National League championship baseball series against the ...

Few injuries are as suddenly and thoroughly debilitating as a herniated disc. If you've experienced one, you know how quickly you can go from feeling completely normal to all at once having trouble ...

Hearing that they have "degenerative disc disease" can frighten many people into pursuing spinal surgery. But rather than being pathological, degenerating discs and decreased spinal flexibility are ...