Healthline

Is Spinal Stenosis a Permanent Disability?

Spinal stenosis is often a chronic condition, so it may require lifelong treatment if your symptoms impact your quality of life. The severity of symptoms will range widely for each person. Researchers ...
Medical Xpress

How age affects recovery from spinal cord injury

A study published in Neurology looks at how age may affect recovery for people with spinal cord injuries. "With population growth and improvements in medicine, the number of people diagnosed with ...
Becker's Hospital Review

What keeps spine surgeons optimistic

Despite challenges in the healthcare landscape, many spine surgeons remain optimistic for the specialty, especially as innovations are unveiled. Editor’s note: Responses were lightly edited for ...
Healthline

Is Spinal Stenosis Hereditary?

Yes, some studies have found that genetics may play a role in the development of spinal stenosis. However, researchers agree that more studies are needed to better understand the role of genetics in ...
STAT

FDA clears spinal cord stimulator for home use

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...
Rolling Stone

Spinal Tap’s Final Concert — at the Real Stonehenge!— Comes to Theaters

Earlier this year, Spinal Tap finally found a Stonehenge prop they’re happy with — the actual prehistoric monument, in Wiltshire, England. The semi-fictional meta rock titans secretly played what they ...
New York Post

I’m a spine surgeon — this is absolutely the worst thing you can do for your neck and back

Is your back getting on your nerves? Your spine provides structural support, enables mobility and flexibility and protects your spinal cord, which facilitates ...
New York Magazine

The Spinal Surgeries That Didn’t Need to Happen

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Tiffany Bruce spends every day, all day, thinking about pain. Her own, yes, ...
TheWrap

Where to Stream the Original ‘This is Spinal Tap’

This week marks the release of “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the long-awaited sequel to 1984’s “This is Spinal Tap.” Directed, once again, by Rob Reiner, the sequel picks back up with its ...
The Washington Post

‘Go to 11’: How the ‘Spinal Tap’ phrase lived on after the movie

Rob Reiner had a secret weapon on the set of “This Is Spinal Tap.” The dialogue in the mockumentary centered around a fictional British heavy-metal band was almost entirely improvised. But before they ...
Entertainment Weekly

See the original This Is Spinal Tap cast side-by-side with their characters in the sequel

Randall Colburn is a writer and editor at Entertainment Weekly. His work has previously appeared on The A.V. Club, The Guardian, The Ringer, and many other publications.
Forbes

‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews: Does Sequel Tap Into First Film’s Magic?

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, Rob Reiner’s This is Spinal Tap sequel starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, is new in theaters. How are Rotten Tomatoes critics reacting to ...