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 ...

In 2025 Becker’s has reported on three professional athletes who had spine surgery so far. 1. Denver Broncos safety P.J. Locke announced that he had spinal fusion after the team’s Jan. 12 playoff game ...

Tiger Woods recently underwent surgery on his back — the seventh procedure he’s needed to address problems in his lower spine. On Saturday, Oct. 11, the 49-year-old golf pro shared the news with a ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 70-year-old active dentist and pharmacist with chronic lower back pain. My MRI shows a compressed/extruded disc in contact with a specific nerve. It is extruded by 5 mm. I know ...

Justin Thomas recently announced that he has undergone microdiscectomy surgery to address a disc issue in his back. The ...

Per a team release, Bucks forward Taurean Prince underwent surgery today to address the herniated disc in his neck. The ...

“You Have Degenerative Disc Disease” I regularly saw patients who’d been told that they had “arthritis, bulging discs, herniated discs, bone on bone, ruptured discs or degenerated discs.” They were ...

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 ...