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Some back pain patients can skip the MRI: study

People who get steroid injections to ease back pain do not need an MRI scan, which does little to help doctors assess and treat…    

Yoga has small benefit for chronic back pain: study

In a new UK study of adults with chronic lower back pain, a 12-week yoga class led to a small improvement in how well…    

Back Pain? Move, Don’t Rest!

Move if you have back pain, this is the advice of a researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Patients with acute low…    

Study Shows Unique Characteristics of Acute vs. Chronic Low Back Pain

By some estimates, up to 85 percent of Americans have experienced low back pain and research reported in The Journal of Pain showed that…    

Massage may ease chronic back pain short-term

A new study shows massage therapy may help people who suffer from chronic back pain.

After 10 weeks, patients who got weekly…    

Those aching joints could be in your genes

A common complaint, back pain is one of the many side effects of aging. Over three quarters of the population experience it at some…    

NFL Linemen Recover from Back Surgery, and So Can You

If NFL linemen can recover from back surgery and return to their spine-bruising careers, so can you get back into your “game” of horsing…    

Study Demonstrates Improved Wait Times for Patients Suffering Back Pain

Results of a Toronto Western Hospital study show that patients suffering back pain get quicker diagnosis and treatment when a Nurse Practitioner conducts the…    

Doubt cast on common back pain management

Many people with arthritis-related back pain might be prevented from getting long-lasting pain relief under the current management guidelines, US researchers said Friday.

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Low Back Pain Is No Reason to Stay in Bed

For much of the 20th century, “rest” - which generally meant a few days to a week in bed - was the standard prescription…    

Neither heat nor cold may do much for backache

When back and neck aches strike, do you wonder whether to reach for a heating pad or an ice pack? A small study suggests…    

Talk therapy reduces back pain

People with chronic low-back pain can benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, a new British report shows.

Low-back pain is one of the…    

Is Your Back Pain Caused by Herniated Disc? Single Test Can’t Tell

While lower back pain ranks as a common cause of disability in the United States, determining what causes a person’s back pain is often…    

If you smoke, watch out for low back pain

If you needed another reason to cut the cigarette habit: Smokers, especially younger smokers, are more likely to report low back pain than people…    

Outpatient disc treatment gives long-term back pain relief

A randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated disc revealed that…    

Back Pain Permanently Sidelines Soldiers at War

Military personnel evacuated out of Iraq and Afghanistan because of back pain are unlikely to return to the line of duty regardless of the…    

Researchers find yoga may be effective for chronic low back pain in minority populations

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center found that yoga may be more effective than standard treatment for reducing…    

Ear acupuncture curbs back pain in pregnant women

A special acupuncture technique can help ease lower back and pelvic pain in pregnant women, new research shows.

In a study, women…    

Yoga may ease chronic back pain

“Oh, my aching back!” may be heard less frequently as people with chronic lower back pain find some relief from a therapeutic form…    

Yoga Benefits Back-pain Patients

People with chronic low-back problems who do yoga also do better at overcoming pain and depression than people treated conventionally for back pain, a…    

Surgery Improves Outcomes for Spine Patients

People with the spine disease called degenerative spondylolisthesis*—who choose surgical treatment—experience substantially greater relief from pain over time compared to those who do not…    

Guideline for Interventional Procedures for Low Back Pain Published in Spine

After an extensive review of existing research, the American Pain Society (APS) has officially published its new clinical practice guideline for interventional procedures…    

Simple bedside test improves diagnosis of chronic back pain, could guide treatment

A simple and inexpensive method of assessing pain, developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers, is better than currently used techniques for distinguishing neuropathic…    

Pain Meds Are Most Common Cause of Death after Spinal Fusion Surgery

Pain medications are involved in more than 20 percent of deaths occurring in the years after spinal fusion surgery for low back pain, reports…    

Back Pain Treatment Needs to Catch Up with Evidence

Back Pain Treatment Needs to Catch Up with Evidence: Exercise and Other Proven Treatments Are Underused

People with back pain use a…