Chronic pain affects more than 50 million Americans, yet for decades, treatment options for pain that persists in the absence ...

Chronic low back pain significantly affects quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Back pain makes it difficult to ...

New research has found that the benefits of graded sensorimotor retraining are likely to be similar for all patients with ...

The type of back pain you have determines what treatment will be effective. If your pain has been present for a year or more, other factors besides a back injury or arthritis need to be addressed.

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 ...

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 ...

Sept. 15 (UPI) --A new study demonstrating the effectiveness of acupuncture in relieving chronic lower back pain among seniors is fueling calls to expand Medicare coverage for the procedures amid the ...

Behavioral interventions were associated with reduced pain and daily opioid use and improved function and quality of life for up to 12 months among adults with opioid-treated chronic low back pain, ...

There is no clear evidence that cannabis-based medicines provide pain relief for chronic neuropathic pain, an updated Cochrane review finds.

It’s quite disc-ouraging, really. Most Americans will experience back pain at some point — and many times it’s not a result of injury or illness. Seemingly simple, everyday tasks can cause or ...

Chronic lower back pain affects your life in ways that extend far beyond physical discomfort. This persistent condition can transform simple daily activities into painful challenges, affecting your ...

Eight weeks of mindfulness or cognitive behavioral therapy were associated with improved pain, physical function and quality of life and reduced daily opioid dose in adults with chronic low back pain ...