Neck arthritis (also known as neck osteoarthritis or cervical spondylosis) is the degeneration of the joints, bones, and discs of the cervical spine of the neck. Neck arthritis is a common condition, ...

Rheumatoid arthritis often involves your wrists, knees, and feet. But it can also affect your spine. Most of the time, this kind of back pain responds well to arthritis treatments such as biologics.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am in my late 50s and have started having stiffness in my back. I have become much less flexible and sometimes even have a hard time looking over my shoulder. I remember my ...

When kids or teens experience aching joints and stiffness it may be more than growing pains. It may be arthritis of the spine and other joints (ankylosing spondylitis), which researchers report can go ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 68 and have osteoarthritis all over -- neck, spine, hips, knees, shoulders, hands -- and all are getting worse. One hip was replaced two years ago, and my shoulder was replaced ...

Dear Colin: My neck has bothered me for about three years and my doctor and I aren't sure why. X-rays and MRI show "multilevel moderate arthritis" but nothing else. I'm only 54 and want to garden, ...

Figure 2. The patient also had arthritis mutilans of the hands. A UTI triggers complications in a patient with two forms of arthritis. Mr. G, aged 74, came to the ambulatory-care clinic initially for ...

A stiff neck can be caused by poor sleep, age, overexertion, and stress — here's how to get relief without seeing a ...