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

Pooled data analysis shows that pain relief is only marginally better than placebo. A pooled analysis of existing research, ...

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

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

Among the findings, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen and aspirin, stood out as the only treatment definitively effective at alleviating acute low back pain. Notably, ...

NINE out of ten treatments for short-term back pain are no good, researchers have found. Anti-inflammatories, such as ...

A data analysis published in a scientific journal indicates that differences with placebo are marginal for most treatments ...

Chronic back pain is the most common type of pain, affecting around 16 million American adults — and now a new study has ...

Only around one in ten non-surgical and non-interventional treatments for lower back pain are effective, a research study has ...

“We found for acute low back pain, NSAIDs may be effective. For chronic low back pain, exercise, spinal manipulation, taping, ...

Chronic back pain is the most common type of pain ... such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs – or NSAIDs – and muscle relaxants, but also non-pharmacological, like exercise and massage ...

muscle relaxants, TENS electrical pulses, dry cupping, opioids, massage and more. But not much actually eases back pain, including those suggestions, according to a new evidence review.