Military neck is an unusual curve in your cervical spine (this is your neck) called cervical kyphosis. Normally your neck has a slight backward C bend. If you have military neck, ...

Military neck is an abnormal curve of the cervical spine that causes you to look like you’re “standing at attention.” The condition, called cervical kyphosis, doesn’t have anything to do ...

The spine, or backbone, is made up of small bones (vertebrae) stacked -- along with discs -- one on top of another. A healthy spine when viewed from the side has gentle curves to it. The curves ...

Lordosis refers to the natural inward curve of the spine, most noticeable in the lower back (lumbar spine) and sometimes in the neck (cervical spine). Hyperlordosis is an exaggerated curve that ...

The human head weighs about a dozen pounds. But as the neck bends forward and down, the weight on the cervical spine begins to increase. At a 15-degree angle, this weight is about 27 pounds, at 30 ...

The procedure had previously been used only to reverse spinal fusions in the cervical spine. The patient was a 47-year-old man who underwent spinal fusion to address debilitating pain stemming from a ...