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Doubt cast on common back pain management
• Backache • Jul 26 10
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.
Their…
Low Back Pain Is No Reason to Stay in Bed
• Backache • • Pain • Jun 16 10
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
• Backache • May 20 10
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
• Backache • Mar 01 10
People with chronic low-back pain can benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, a new British report shows.
Low-back pain is one of the most costly…
Is Your Back Pain Caused by Herniated Disc? Single Test Can’t Tell
• Backache • • Pain • Feb 17 10
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
• Backache • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 11 10
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
• Backache • Dec 02 09
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
• Backache • • Pain • Nov 10 09
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
• Alternative Medicine • • Backache • Nov 04 09
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
• Alternative Medicine • • Backache • • Pregnancy • Oct 19 09
A special acupuncture technique can help ease lower back and pelvic pain in pregnant women, new research shows.
In a study, women who had…
Yoga may ease chronic back pain
• Alternative Medicine • • Backache • Sep 10 09
“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
• Alternative Medicine • • Backache • Sep 02 09
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
• Backache • • Surgery • Jun 01 09
People with the spine disease called degenerative spondylolisthesis* - who choose surgical treatment - experience substantially greater relief from pain over time compared to…
Guideline for Interventional Procedures for Low Back Pain Published in Spine
• Backache • May 13 09
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
• Backache • Apr 07 09
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
• Backache • • Pain • Apr 01 09
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
• Backache • Apr 01 09
Back Pain Treatment Needs to Catch Up with Evidence: Exercise and Other Proven Treatments Are Underused
People with back pain use a lot…
Physical therapy is effective for management of low-back pain
• Backache • Feb 25 09
A new review article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons should help convince many patients with low back pain…
Special exercises may ease lower back pain
• Backache • Feb 19 09
Exercises for specific muscles that stabilize the spine may help reduce the misery of chronic lower back pain, a research review suggests.
The…
Surgery often unnecessary for low back pain
• Backache • • Surgery • Feb 14 09
Many people with lower back pain caused by spinal disc degeneration need not resort to surgery for relief, according to a research review.
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Routine scans for low-back pain do not improve outcomes
• Backache • • Pain • Feb 06 09
Physicians should not immediately order routine scans for low-back pain unless they observe features of a serious underlying condition, researchers in the Oregon Evidence-Based…
Study Shows Opioid Painkillers Help Workers with Low Back Pain
• Backache • • Pain • Sep 22 08
For workers with chronic low back pain, taking opioid pain medications can significantly improve their ability to lift and perform other work-related physical tasks,…
Helping back pain sufferers to stay in work
• Backache • Feb 22 08
New research to be carried out at The University of Nottingham could have a major impact on the way that people struggling with low…
Intensive Education Helps Back Pain Sufferers Get Back to Work
• Backache • Jan 29 08
People who suffer from short-term lower back pain might be able to return to work sooner if given an intensive individual patient education session…
Spinal manipulation ineffective for low back pain
• Backache • Nov 10 07
Going to a chiropractor for spinal manipulation or taking the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac probably won’t speed recovery from acute low back pain, a…