A new Concordia study suggests that aquatic therapy for individuals with chronic low back pain can do more than strengthen the muscles around the spine. It can also have a beneficial impact on the ...

I can say from experience that swimming and moving around in the water helps lower my pain and stiffness in my joints and muscles. The water has enough resistance and buoyancy to help you enhance ...

A new Concordia study suggests that aquatic therapy for individuals with chronic low back pain can do more than strengthen the muscles around the spine. It can also have a beneficial impact on the ...

Ice therapy helps reduce pain and inflammation when back pain first starts. Heat therapy is ideal for relaxing muscles during long-term back pain. You can use ice and heat together, known as contrast ...

Eight weeks of mindfulness or cognitive behavioral therapy were associated with improved pain, physical function and quality of life and reduced daily opioid dose in adults with chronic low back pain ...

Joe Laurence, a firefighter in Western Australia, was pulling a hose over a fence when he felt a sharp pain shoot down his back. “It was pretty horrific at the time,” said Laurence, then 27. “From ...

Maryse Fortin: “Aquatic therapy is an interesting medium to study people who have pain-related fear like kinesiophobia and pain catastrophizing, and how those relate to spinal musculature.” A new ...