Encyclopedia - The Spine Page

CLEAR SPINE GUIDANCE

Understand your spine. Compare your options.

Evidence-informed explanations of back and neck conditions, imaging findings and treatment pathways.

FROM SYMPTOMS TO DECISIONS

Look beyond the MRI report

Learn how symptoms, neurological findings, function and imaging work together to guide appropriate care.

TREATMENTS IN CONTEXT

Conservative, technological and surgical care

See what each approach is designed to do, where evidence is strongest, and which questions to ask before treatment.

Ultrasound imaging

Imaging using sound waves, including assessment of some soft tissues and guidance of procedures.Lire cette...

Joint in the lower cervical spine between an uncinate process and the adjacent portion of...

Degeneration of cervical uncovertebral joints that may produce osteophytes and contribute to foraminal narrowing.Lire cette...

Inability to empty the bladder normally. When associated with new spinal or neurological symptoms, urgent...