Spine surgeons at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) reported promising findings for adolescent athletes suffering from pars fracture, a common cause of adolescent back pain that may not always heal ...

Nick Mucerino of Boynton Beach dreamed of playing professional hockey. He was home-schooled his senior year of high school to play full time in the juniors league, where players hone their skills to ...

Young athletes who play contact sports are at risk for a debilitating back injury. But a new, minimally invasive procedure is helping them recover and get back in the game. Nick Mucerino's passion has ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Nick Mucerino's passion has always been hockey. But after a big hit on the ice, the 16-year-old started feeling severe pain in his lower back. "The way I can describe it is ...

A pars fracture ­— also called spondylolysis — is a break in the pars interarticularis, a narrow area of bone connecting two vertebrae in the spine. It typically occurs in the lumbar spine (lower back ...