The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for ...

Neural foraminal stenosis causes nerve irritation and compression when the space a spinal nerve travels through narrows.

Diagram. There are 7 cervical vertebrae in the cervical region. There are 12 thoracic vertebrae in the thoracic region. There are 5 lumbar vertebrae in the lumbar region. There are 5 sacral vertebrae, ...

Lumbar spinal fusion has been a mainstay in spine surgery. Here six things to know about the procedure in 2025: 1. Lumbar spinal fusions are among the most common lumbar spine procedures done from ...

A spinal MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make clear, detailed pictures of your spine. The MRI may scan your whole spine or just a part of it.

The doctor will join spinal bones, called vertebrae, together. This limits the motion between them and how far your nerves can stretch. But it probably won’t limit your activity. It’s rare ...