Whether you consider yourself older, younger, or somewhere in between, lower back pain can be a potentially invasive part of ...

If the cause of the pain is an infection — a recent study has unveiled a “game changer” antibiotic drug that could help with ...

Penn State researchers say after a year, patients not only felt less pain but also took fewer addictive pain medications. One ...

The findings, published in Lancet, determined that people with back pain who walk three to five times a week are pain-free ...

Low back pain is one of the most common reasons patients see primary care doctors. To understand this condition, it’s ...

Acupuncture. Massage. Muscle relaxants. Cannabinoids. Opioids. The list of available treatments for low back pain goes on and on. But there’s not good evidence that these treatments actually ...

While many treatments focus on easing pain for the short term, a new study suggests that a drug already in use for other purposes might help treat one of the root causes of lower back pain—especially ...

Researchers compare the long-term effectiveness of mindfulness and CBT among adults with opioid-treated chronic low back pain ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A new study revealed that only 10% of non-surgical ...

Acute pain management in the older adult is both challenging and rewarding. This review addresses the difficulty with assessment of pain in the older adult, variations in the pain experience of ...

By improving mid-back (thoracic spine) and rib cage mobility, you can enhance your ability to rotate, alleviate pain and move through life with greater ease and lower risk of injury. Many people ...

Most nonsurgical and noninterventional treatments for low back pain failed to outperform placebo in a new systematic review and meta-analysis, with just 10% showing only modest pain relief.