Back Pain in Late Pregnancy Helped By Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment

For many pregnant women, it’s inevitable. As their pregnancy progresses, tasks that involve the low back often get more difficult. It is harder to bend over, lift, sit or walk for long periods of time, and back pain increases. Treating back pain, and...

How Heavy Backpacks Strain Children’s Spines – MRI Study

Heavy backpacks place a measurable strain on the spines of children, with heavier loads causing greater spinal strain and increased back pain, reports a study in the January 1, 2010 issue of Spine. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans show compression...

Reduce the Chances of Osteoporosis – Keep Bones Strong And Healthy

Our bones are alive. We might not think of them that way—but to keep themselves strong and usable, our bones are always changing. “Bone is living, growing tissue,” says Dr. Joan McGowan, a scientist at News in Health (NIH). “It’s constantly...

Iyengar Yoga Improves Chronic Low Back Pain

WVU.edu – People with chronic low back pain who practice yoga also do better at overcoming pain and depression than people treated conventionally for back pain, a West Virginia University study funded by the National Institutes of Health shows. The...

Opiate Pain Meds Most Common Cause of Death After Spine Surgery

Opiate pain medications are involved in more than 20 percent of deaths occurring in the years after spinal fusion surgery for low back pain, reports a study in the April 1, 2009 issue of Spine. The risk of analgesic-related death is highest among patients...

Back Pain Sufferers Not Using Proven Treatments Enough

People with chronic low back pain use a lot of medical treatments, but often not the ones with the strongest evidence of effectiveness, according to a study in the April 1, 2009 issue of Spine. The results suggest that some treatments with the strongest...

Low-back Pain – Exercise is the Best Preventive Medicine

UWnews.org – Low-back pain continues to impose a huge burden on industrialized societies, in terms of symptoms, medical costs, productivity, and work absence. Annual costs related to back pain in the United States alone may run as high as $100 billion...

How to Treat Low Back Pain And Avoid Surgery

The simplest method for treating low back pain may actually be the best method. A literature study published in the February 2009 issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons finds that in most cases of symptomatic lumbar degenerative...

Low Back Pain Improved By Motor Control Exercises

Specific core stabilization exercises shown to reduce low back pain. APTA.org – Motor control exercises, when performed in conjunction with other forms of therapy, can significantly reduce pain and disability in patients with persistent low back...

Replacing Herniated Discs with Bioengineered New Discs

Researchers on the verge of bioengineering intervertebral discs for clinical trials. Each year, 40 to 60 percent of American adults suffer from chronic back pain. For patients diagnosed with severe degenerative disc disease, neurosurgeons must perform...