Sore back from sitting? A physiotherapist shares the 4 best stretches for your thoracic spine

If you have a desk job, you’re likely sitting with your thoracic spine in a rounded position more often than you should.
Interesting Engineering

‘World’s first’ surgical humanoid robot brings high precision in spine procedures

LEM Surgical showcases its Dynamis surgical humanoid at CES 2026, showing AI-driven, multi-arm precision for spine and ...
Medscape

Which Nonpharmacologic Therapy Is Best for Low Back Pain?

A new study shows that clinician-supported self-management, but not spinal manipulation, is linked to greater improvement in disability from low back pain than recommended medical care.
Rolling Stone

Why ‘Spinal Tap’ Is the Funniest, Most Emotionally Honest Movie Ever Made About Pop Music

R ob Reiner made so many classic movies — the ones we watch over and over, the ones we can’t stop quoting, the ones that soundtrack our lives. That’s why the world is in shock and grief today at the ...
Frontiers

Pediatric thoracic spinal Ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor: a case report and literature review

1 Department of Neurosurgery, Siping City Central People's Hospital, Siping City, Jilin Province, China 2 Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, ...
Frontiers

Gouty tophi in the thoracic spinal canal with incomplete paraplegia: a case report

1 School of Clinical Medicine of Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China 2 Department of Spinal Surgery, Chengdu Pidu District Hospital of ...
IEEE

Design and Evaluation of a Needle Manipulation System with EM Tracking for CT-Guided Spinal Injections

Abstract: This paper presents a flexible needle guidance system and its workflow that enables registration of computed tomography (CT) and electromagnetic (EM) tracking systems with a finite element ...