A massive stride has been made in the pain medication industry. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday its approval of a non-opioid treatment for moderate to severe acute pain ...

A new study revealed that only 10% of non-surgical treatments for low back pain were more effective than a placebo. NSAID drugs, like aspirin and ibuprofen, were most effective for acute pain, while ...

Chronic back pain is the most common type of pain, affecting around 16 million American adults — and now a new study has revealed some discouraging findings about potential treatments. Only around one ...

Biopsychosocial self-management was associated with significant but small reductions in disability in patients with acute low back pain.

Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT Lower right back pain can come from issues with muscles, discs, joints, or internal organs.  Numbness, tingling, or weakness with lower right back pain is often a ...

In a laboratory at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Alexander Binshtok, a pain neurobiologist, and his group peer into rodent brains to understand the mechanisms of pain. But that isn’t what he ...

After a slip on the ice, a sports injury, even surgery, most people’s instinct is to rest what hurts. “When you have an acute ...

Megan Hodge’s first bout of intense pain arrived when she was in her mid-20s. Hodge and her husband were getting ready to visit family for Thanksgiving. Though Hodge had been dealing with a variety of ...

Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine practice that involves inserting fine needles into specific pressure points on the body to stimulate healing. While the exact way acupuncture works is ...

Now, there’s another reason to go for that long walk on the beach. A long time spent walking each day may reduce the risk of back pain, a new study suggests. The key word here is “long.” People who ...