Acupuncture is a safe and effective treatment for back pain in aging seniors, according to researchers who are pushing for ...

Primary care doctors, rheumatologists, pain management specialists, and psychiatrists may be involved in helping individuals manage lower back pain. Lower back pain is a common and often debilitating ...

Explore the latest evidence from UNSW Sydney and NeuRA on non-drug, non-surgical treatments for acute and chronic low back pain (LBP). Based on a Cochrane review of over 97,000 participants, discover ...

The strong opioid painkiller tramadol is not significantly effective at easing the chronic pain for which it's widely ...

According to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), older Americans with chronic low back pain who ...

A new brain imaging technique may help physicians better categorize the severity of lower back pain, according to a report in Anesthesiology. The study used an MRI technique called arterial spin ...

In the first study of its kind, new research has shown that incorporating some running or jogging into a walking program is an acceptable form of exercise for many people who suffer from chronic lower ...

It may not get quite as much attention as some other parts of the body, but the one area that deserves just a little more love is your spine. Not only does your spine quite literally hold up your ...

A phase 3 trial in Nature Medicine found that a full-spectrum Cannabis sativa extract (VER-01) significantly reduced chronic ...

Pregnancy causes a wide range of symptoms across the body, including lower back pain. Lower back pain is often a natural response to weight gain and muscle changes during the third trimester but can ...