These nerve pairs spread throughout your body to deliver commands from your brain and spinal cord to and from parts of your body. Diagram. The central nervous system and peripheral nervous system work ...

flexible needles into you or puts pressure on specific parts of your body to ease pain. Chiropractic care: Chiropractors try to adjust your spine to reduce pain and improve movement. Some also use ...

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous system. An MRI can detect spinal cord lesions and help diagnose and monitor the condition. Multiple ...

The MRI may scan your whole spine or just a part of it. Unlike X-rays and computerized tomography (CT) scans, it doesn’t use damaging radiation. It’s generally safe and painless. The doctor ...