Musculoskeletal Diseases: News and Research on Osteoarthritis, Spine

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Q and A: Spinal arthritis

I am in my late 50s and have started having stiffness in my back. I have become much less flexible and sometimes even have a hard time looking over my shoulder. I remember my grandparents complaining about arthritis in their ...

Pain in the back: Preventing and treating spinal arthritis

Many types of arthritis can affect your musculoskeletal system. Joints are physical points of connection between two bones, and cartilage is the tissue that covers the surface of the bone at the joint. A membrane, called ...