A vascular surgeon is entitled to long-term disability benefits from Unum and Provident because his back pain is caused by an ...

Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) offer limited effectiveness in reducing back pain and disability, an updated review by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) suggested. “They may modestly reduce ...

Scientists have developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other clinicians the evidence for epidural steroid injections and whether they reduce pain and disability for people ...

USA: Researchers have found in a new study that in adults with acute and subacute low back pain, a biopsychosocial-oriented ...

Lower back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting 619 million people in 2020, according to a 2013 Lancet Rheumatology study. ​Fortunately, recovery after strenuous activity is ...

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other clinicians the evidence for epidural steroid injections and whether they reduce ...

Low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide with many treatments, such as medication, often failing to provide lasting relief. Researchers from the University of Sydney's Centre for Rural ...

Manual therapy — joint mobilization and soft-tissue techniques—adds critical short-term benefits. Studies demonstrate that ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Pain is not merely a symptom of an underlying condition or disease. Researchers now see chronic pain as a condition of its own, based on common mechanisms and shared biological, ...

A trainer shares the exercise that can best treat lower back pain. Discover exactly how to do it and why it works.