These discs serve as cushions between vertebrae, absorbing shock and allowing movement. When you lift incorrectly, ... compressed nerves leading to radiating pain, ...

Low back and hip pain are common problems. Common causes of back and hip pain include injuries, arthritis, nerve or disc ...

Type 2 diabetes impairs annulus fibrosus fiber deformation and rotation under disc compression in the University of California Davis type 2 diabetes mellitus (UCD-T2DM) rat model. PNAS Nexus ...

They wanted to explore how alterations in collagen behavior contribute to changes in the disk's ability to withstand compression. They compared disks from healthy rats to those from rats with type ...