Spinal manipulation modestly improves pain and function in acute low back pain, a new systematic review and meta-analysis has found. Results were published online April 11 in JAMA. "The principal ...

Ice and heat therapy are two common treatments for back pain. Knowing when to use one over the other is important for healing ...

Visiting the doctor with back pain and returning home without a diagnosis is the reality for 80 to 90 percent of patients ...

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A new review of the evidence finds that only a handful of common remedies provide a modest benefit for acute or chronic back pain. Reading time: Reading time 4 minutes If you’ve ever had trouble ...

Back pain is extremely common — most people will experience it at some point in their lives, and lower back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Back pain sounds pretty self-explanatory, ...

When should you seek out a doctor if you've got low back pain? Two studies out of the University of Washington say seeing a physician may not be your best first option. In fact, both studies show that ...

The Australian research team advised patients and doctors to take a "cautious" approach to the use of painkillers such as ...

No one suggests that a catchy song can fully eliminate serious pain. But several recent studies, including in the journals ...

Chronic back pain is the most common type of pain, affecting around 16 million American adults — and now a new study has revealed some discouraging findings about potential treatments. Only around one ...