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

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

Only around one in 10 common non-surgical and non-invasive treatments for lower back pain are effective, suggests a pooled ...

But a new study has found that only one in 10 treatments for lower back pain are effective, with those that improve symptoms ...

There can be many causes of back pain including accidents, strains, and injuries. Two types of back injury are spondylolisthesis and cervical radiculopathy. Both have their own set of symptoms ...

Medication, physical therapy, steroid injections, and implanted devices may be helpful, but newer research has discovered ...

In chronic low back pain, botulinum neurotoxin type A improved patients' pain and functional outcomes vs placebo and other local injection therapies.

Nearly 8 out of every 10 people will have low back pain at some point in life. Back pain is one of the top reasons people seek medical treatment. It is also the No. 1 reported reason for seeking ...

Back pain affects 619 million people worldwide and is a common reason to seek primary health care. A key challenge is that ...

We tested the best mattress toppers for back pain. Here are our top five according to months of testing by sleepers who ...