Supportive shoes, physical therapy, and stretching can help.

Chronic back pain flares activate the brain's "self network," linking pain to identity. Standard treatments often fail, but ...

This experimental procedure may someday spell real relief for people suffering pain from spinal disc issues.

Low back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. For people ...

A new scientific review found that only nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen were consistently effective for treating acute low back pain. Five treatments, ...

One minute you're reaching for an item on a shelf, picking up a child or simply getting out of bed. The next, a sudden stab of pain in your lower back leaves you wondering what just happened. Many ...

Physical therapy is effective as a first-line strategy for chronic low back pain (LBP), as current practice guidelines state, but the size of the effects is small, according to results of the OPTIMIZE ...

ROB: THERE’S A NEW OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR LOWER BACK PAIN. AND DOCTORS SAY THE TREATMENT LASTS. JULIE: IT’S FOR FOLKS WHO SUFFER WITH LOWER BACK PAIN FOR 6 MONTHS OR MORE AND THEY’VE TRIED PRETTY ...

I’m getting treatment for my lower back, but the pain just won’t go away.”“It feels better for a while, but then the pain ...

There’s some good news and bad news about treating back pain. The good news is research has identified what actually works. The bad news is, it’s not very much. Only about 10 percent of common, ...