"As a result, it can also be easier on the wallet, so I realized that learning is important."I am Hirao, a physical therapist ...

I had sharp pain when bending forward or arching my back.I am Hirao, a physical therapist running a chiropractic clinic in ...

A surprising discovery at UC San Diego suggests that chronic lower back pain may become deeply embedded in the brain's sense of personal identity. Researchers found that movement-triggered pain ...

Chronic back pain can switch on a brain network involved in self-reflection and personal experience, researchers have found.

Lumbar supports are widely used for chronic low back pain, but evidence regarding their efficacy remains limited and inconclusive. A Cochrane review of eight randomized controlled trials involving ...

Read the latest research on preventing and dealing with pain -- especially back pain, shoulder pain and neck pain.

Published research includes a 12-week pilot in which adults with chronic shoulder or low-back pain reported a 3.5-point mean ...

When chronic back pain becomes part of everyday life, it's often the little things people miss most. Walking through the ...

Many therapies exist for the treatment of chronic low back pain (LBP), including spinal manipulative therapy (SMT), which is a worldwide, extensively practised intervention. The effectiveness of SMT ...

Chronic pain affects millions of Americans, it can be difficult, even impossible to treat, and often seems unrelated to actual tissue damage. The skull bone marrow is increasingly recognized as ...