Tight hip flexors, especially a deep muscle called the psoas, can silently stress your spine. Here's why this muscle deserves ...

Your sacroiliac joint (SI joint) connects your hip bones to your sacrum, the triangular bone between your lumbar spine and your tailbone. This joint is meant to absorb shock between your upper ...

A 25-year-old athletic woman dies of a rare bone cancer less than a year after her condition of constant back pain was ...

The lower (lumbar) spine consists of 5 vertebrae, L-1 through L-5, stacked on top of each other, held together by what are called facet joints. Just below L-5 is the sacrum and below that the coccyx ( ...

Strengthening and stretching exercises for the lower back can help stabilize ... These muscles are important for hip stability. Strong abdominal muscles help support the spine and keep the hips ...

Weight loss can harm bone strength, especially in older women, but eating right and regular exercise can help offset that ...

Structured Weight Loss Protects Lumbar and Hip Bone Density in Postmenopausal Women Older women with overweight or obesity ...

The researchers concluded that a lifestyle program based on a reduced-calorie Mediterranean diet and more physical activity ...