Pain relief for acute onset back pain takes many forms, no one of which works for everybody. Getting flat with your knees bent and some pillows under your knees may be all you need. Both heat and cold ...

A new review of the evidence finds that only a handful of common remedies provide a modest benefit for acute or chronic back ...

Prone to back pain? Experts share common but surprising reasons for back pain and ways to make your back stop hurting. The ...

Low back pain affects an estimated one in four American adults and is the leading contributor to disability globally. In most ...

A new meta-analysis found that out of 56 noninvasive treatments, drugs like Advil and Aleve were most effective at relieving ...

A desk job doesn’t have to mean chronic back pain. Here’s how by taking regular movement breaks, strengthening your core ...

Back pain doesn’t discriminate – affecting ... suggesting reduced inflammatory processes that often contribute to pain. Muscle activation patterns improved with increased movement, creating ...

Back pain is one of the top reasons people seek ... This may trigger the release of chemicals into the muscles, spinal cord, and brain. These chemicals either alter the experience of pain or ...

If you have neck or back pain, or you’re dealing with some other condition that causes muscle spasms, your doctor might prescribe a muscle relaxer (or muscle relaxant) for you. Having a muscle ...

The exercise, invented by Joseph Pilates 99 years ago after he spent time in a German internment camp in World War I, helps ...

Doctors commonly miss Piriformis syndrome as the reason for patient low back pain. The muscle spasm which generates piriformis syndrome produces symptoms resembling low back pain and sciatica or hip ...