The vast majority of low back pain is mechanical in nature. In many cases, low back pain is associated with spondylosis, a term that refers to the general degeneration of the spine associated with normal wear and tear that occurs in the joints, discs, and bones of the spine as people get older.
Johns Hopkins University is a private institution of higher education in Baltimore, Maryland with four main campuses in the area.
The NIH campus is also home to the National Library of Medicine, the world's largest medical library. The laboratories and teaching space of the Johns Hopkins Department of Biology are located in Seeley G. Mudd Hall on the JHU Homewood campus.