Orthopedic surgeons and a sleep medicine specialist share the best ways to reduce your nighttime pain so you can get a solid night’s sleep.
Back pain is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. Recent research reveals how much time you should spend ...
When considering what yoga postures to do to help relieve your lower back pain, my advice is to also target the hips and sides of the body, where possible, to find a deeper release than say, a forward ...
A lot of us struggle with back pain, whether it’s a knot in the shoulder, a tight lower back, kink in the neck, or generalized pain in difficult-to-reach locations. Eighty percent of us will ...
A person’s risk of back pain increases as their weight goes up, researchers recently reported in the journal Pain Medicine.
This image of poor Jason Day was taken at the 2016 World Golf Championships. Long time ago, but when you think about Day's career, that's how long—if not longer—he has been dealing with back issues.
The deadlift stands as one of fitness’s most rewarding challenges – a fundamental movement that transforms your entire posterior chain while building functional strength. Yet this compound exercise ...
A new study shows that clinician-supported self-management, but not spinal manipulation, is linked to greater improvement in disability from low back pain than recommended medical care.
A short-term course of a type of psychotherapy was nearly three times more effective at relieving chronic lower back pain than standard treatments, even years later. Cognitive functional therapy (CFT) ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends taking ibuprofen for no more than 10 days unless a doctor advises it. Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) generally suitable ...
Lower spine pain can develop due to sprains and strains of muscles or changes to the discs in the lower back. Conditions that affect the facet joints of the vertebrae may also cause lower spine pain.