Dwight Howard has yet to participate in a practice or game for the Wizards, still dealing with back soreness. However, it appears the source of the pain has been found, and it's much lower than ...

Have lower back pain, hip discomfort and numbness in the rear end? It might be dead butt syndrome. Officially named gluteal amnesia, dead butt syndrome happens when people spends too much time sitting ...

It’s a rather cheeky nickname but “dead butt syndrome” is a real thing. And it can cause real problems. No ifs, ands or buts about that. “Dead butt syndrome” is the nickname for gluteal amnesia. Your ...

Sitting for prolonged periods is known to raise the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity — but it can also contribute to "dead butt syndrome," according to health experts who ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. "Office chair butt" causes weakness in the gluteus ...

Lower spine pain can develop due to sprains and strains of muscles or changes to the discs in the lower back. Conditions that affect the facet joints of the vertebrae may also cause lower spine pain.