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Walking, Education Intervention Prevents Recurrence of Low Back Pain

FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 – An individualized, progressive walking and education intervention is beneficial for prevention of recurrence of low back pain, according to a study published online June 19...

Walking May Do Wonders for Back Pain, Study Finds

THURSDAY, June 20, 2024 – If you've recovered from lower back pain, try walking away from a recurrence. New research out of Australia shows that folks who started a walking regimen kept recurrent...

Physician Empathy Inversely Linked to Patients' Back Pain Intensity, HRQOL

MONDAY, April 15, 2024 – For patients with chronic low back pain, physician empathy is inversely associated with pain intensity, back-related disability, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL)...

Yoga Can Effectively Treat Chronic Low Back Pain

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 – Tele-yoga asana might have a positive impact on pain intensity in women with chronic low back pain (LBP), according to a study published online Feb. 21 in the Journal of ...

Spinal Manipulation May Reduce Lumbar Spine Reoperations

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 – Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) may cut lumbar spine reoperation in adults experiencing lumbosacral radiculopathy (LSR) at least one year after lumbar discectomy,...

Good News & Bad on Recovery From Lower Back Pain

MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 — Back pain is a double-edged sword. In most cases, it disappears within about six weeks. But when it doesn't, low back pain is likely to bother you for the long haul, r...

Improvements in Acute, Subacute Low Back Pain Seen Within First Six Weeks

MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 – Patients with acute and subacute low back pain experience considerable improvements in pain and disability within the first six weeks, according to a review published online...

Odds of Gabapentin Rx Down for Adults With LBP Receiving Spinal Manipulation

MONDAY, July 31, 2023 – Adults receiving chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy (CSMT) for newly diagnosed radicular low back pain (rLBP) have significantly reduced odds of receiving a gabapentin...

Opioids Not Beneficial for Pain Relief in Acute Low Back, Neck Pain

MONDAY, July 3, 2023 – For acute nonspecific low back pain or neck pain, opioids do not confer benefits compared with placebo, according to a study published online June 28 in The Lancet. Caitlin...

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