All Articles on Back Pain

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  Back pain: Do's and don’ts to get you back in action

  Back pain affects nearly everyone at some point—causing pain, anxiety, and disruption of your daily activities. Fortunately, research shows that low back pain is rarely caused by serious underlying disease, and there are things you can do to ease your pain.
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  Massage: An option for chronic low back pain

  Chronic low back pain affects millions of Americans every day—people working, playing, and functioning in their daily life. Fortunately, massage has been proven to be an effective choice for many kinds of persistent or chronic back pain.
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  How effective is acupuncture for chronic back pain?

  In the largest U.S. study of its kind, our researchers found that acupuncture can help. The treatment helped people with chronic low back pain feel less bothered by their symptoms and function better in their daily activities.
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  Yoga vs. stretching: Which is better for low back pain?

  Yoga classes were linked to better back-related function and less chronic low back pain in a large study published by the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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  As back pain becomes a global issue, what care should be avoided?

  The Lancet Low Back Pain Series shows what isn’t working in wealthy nations. Other countries should take note.
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  Integrative non-drug therapies treat back pain at reasonable cost

  Kaiser Permanente researchers Drs. Daniel Cherkin, Karen Sherman, and Andrew Avins produced much of evidence in ICER report
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  Meditating: Easier — and more beneficial — than you think

  Everyone from the Seattle Seahawks to Ellen DeGeneres does it. Linda Kiel explains why meditating is worth trying and how easy it is to start.