NEW YORK — Kei Nishikori withdrew from the U.S. Open, saying a back injury has not fully healed. Nishikori was injured in May and pulled out of the French Open. The 2014 U.S. Open runner-up from Japan returned for a first-round loss in Cincinnati but said his back isn’t healthy enough to play in New York.

The Bills are already thin at cornerback behind Christian Benford as Max Hairston suffered a leg injury of his own back in late July, though anything season-ending was avoided.

Keely Hodgkinson said she was "a bit in shock" at her victorious return from injury after the Olympic 800m champion recorded her second win in five days at the Diamond League in Lausanne. Hodgkinson,

Shohei Ohtani was hit in the thigh by a comebacker and eventually removed from the Los Angeles Dodgers ' loss to the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday, but the National League MVP favorite expects to be back in the lineup for his team's next game.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more than 1.2 million spinal surgeries are performed nationally each year. However, sometimes the pain doesn’t go away.

With one preseason game remaining, two linemen who could both see significant time in the game return to practice.

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Texas Tech running back Quinten Joyner suffered a season-ending knee injury during a scrimmage on Saturday, coach Joey McGuire confirmed on his podcast Monday. Joyner, a redshirt sophomore who transferred from USC last December, was expected to be a key piece of the Red Raiders' offense. McGuire said it was a "noncontact" injury.

Exercise can help to relieve pain by stretching and strengthening the muscles that support the back. For some, it can also improve your perception of the pain and reduce chronic stress. Still, studies suggest that one of the main reasons people with back pain don’t exercise is because they fear they will make their pain worse.