Steve Stricker, one of the best senior golfers, is an Edgerton, Wisconsin native. But, Stricker has been dealing with a nagging back injury that forced him to withdraw from the ...

According to spine-health.com, the L5-S1 disc is a spinal joint found at the bottom of the lumbar spine (L5) and top of the sacrum (S1). This disc is critical in “supporting the lower back and ...

Background Clinical examination of patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy ... 1.74 (95% CI 1.04–2.93) for L5, and 1.29 (95% CI 0.97–1.72) for S1 nerve root impingement.

I needed a spinal fusion in my L5-S1. It was pretty simple; the surgery could limit my flexibility and prevent me from playing football ever again." Two vertebrae are joined together using metal ...

Johnson, who underwent spinal surgery at the Steadman Clinic in April of 2023 to fix her chronically injured herniated L5 S1 disc but returned seventh months later to compete and eventually finish ...

Drawings demonstrated substantial overlap between symptoms from compromised L5 and the S1 nerve roots ... inflammatory disease, spinal stenosis, prior surgery at the same disc level, any lumbar fusion ...