Research has for the most part failed to support the use of TENS as a stand-alone treatment option for lower back pain. One review of four studies comparing real TENS treatments to placebo ...

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Low back pain is the leading cause of ...

Adults younger than age 45 with chronic, nonspecific lower back pain saw significant pain relief with a structured run-walk ...

“This treatment is based on the premise that ... week for an average 130 minutes helped reduce the recurrence of lower back pain in participants. The researchers surmised this benefit could ...

Reducing sedentary time by as little as 40 minutes a day and increasing physical activity by 20 minutes may help prevent back ...

Symptoms typically begin in early adulthood, with back pain, stiffness in the lower back ... some of my pain would be relieved through the treatment plan involving physical therapy and IV ...

Despite being a common treatment, walking’s effectiveness in preventing lower back pain is not as well studied. Still, walking offers benefits that already make it a good candidate for prevention.

So despite the widespread use of muscle relaxants, the evidence for several of these drugs is sparse or of low-quality ... For treating back or neck pain from muscle spasms, muscle relaxants ...

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association 2001;91:515–20 Non randomised trial 9 Wosk Low back pain: conservative treatment with artificial shock absorbers. Archives of Physical ...

There are not nearly enough doctors and their slates fill up fast. The non-pharmaceutical treatments that work may very well ...

Objective To investigate the cost-effectiveness of exercise therapy in the treatment of patients with non-specific neck pain and low back pain. Design Systematic review of economic evaluations. Data ...