Now, a new review of 301 back pain trials evaluating 56 different treatments or treatment combinations has found that only about 1 in 10 options for acute (sudden and short-term) back pain is ...

Lower back pain is the most common diagnosis seen by physical therapists. Most cases will resolve in less than two weeks with ...

Acute back pain, affecting up to 80% of people, is a prevalent issue, especially among older individuals, causing discomfort ...

Only one in ten treatments for back pain actually work, a study suggests. The experts found that just one treatment for acute ...

Walking daily for a longer duration and at a higher intensity is linked to lower chronic low back pain risk, according to ...

Explore the latest evidence from UNSW Sydney and NeuRA on non-drug, non-surgical treatments for acute and chronic low back pain (LBP). Based on a Cochrane review of over 97,000 participants ...

Most acute lower back pain episodes resolve spontaneously but many patients and healthcare providers seek additional interventions to help with recovery. How effective are NSAIDs and physical therapy?

Adults who walked more than 100 minutes per day were less likely to have chronic low back pain than those who walked fewer than 78 minutes per day.

Eighty-four acute low back pain patients, in multidisciplinary health care center in Dutch primary care with a sample mean (SD) age of 42 (12) years, participated in the study.

Acute pain comes on fast and lasts a few days or weeks. Chronic pain sticks around for over 12 weeks and is harder to treat." He also said one of the best things people can do to prevent this is ...

Most non-surgical lower back pain treatments offer little relief, with only a few showing modest benefits over placebo, an Australian study found ...

When back pain is caused by an acute fracture, the pain is typically constant, sometimes felt as a persistent grumbling ache ...