If you have yet to experience back pain, the odds are sadly stacked against you. According to World Health Organization data, most people will experience low back pain at some point in their lives.

This eye-catching cushioned mat uses a similar technique to acupuncture and may offer a variety of health benefits, including muscle recovery, increased blood circulation and back and neck pain relief ...

Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Bajwa outlines misconceptions and facts about arthritis, including its impact on all age groups and the benefits of exercise. Arthritis is inflammation of the joints that causes ...

Should I try cannabis for my back pain? It's a question spine surgeon Richard Price says he gets at least several times a day from patients who come into his clinic. When Price finally dived into the ...

Epidural steroid shots for back pain had mixed results, an AAN review showed. The treatment demonstrated promising short-term benefits for radiculopathy patients. In other situations, benefits were ...

Steve Burrows did yoga-type stretches at home until seeking medical care for unbearable back pain that turned out to be stage 4 rectal cancer Kennedy News and Media Steve Burrows, 38, began getting ...

I always knew that back pain was something a lot of people struggled with, but I never understood just how debilitating it could be—until I developed it myself. I was six months postpartum the first ...

Whether it’s a dull, underlying ache in your spine or a piercing stab, chronic back pain affects roughly 1 in 4 Americans. UC San Francisco’s Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, Ph.D, neurologist and pain medicine ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An experimental medication made from marijuana successfully reduced back pain in a new study, offering further support for the drug’s potential in treating one of the most common ...

In a recent study, participants who walked five times a week were 28 percent less likely to have a recurrence of their lower back pain. A team of researchers in Australia recently found that regular ...

Acupuncture is a safe and effective treatment for back pain in older people, according to new research. Chronic back pain for the study participants (aged 65 and older) showed greater improvement—in ...