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Placebos being increasingly used to treat certain back conditions

Despite the fact that placebos have proved to be just as effective at treating back pain as injections of steroids, doctors have been increasingly turning to this method to treat the specific spinal condition known as lumbosacral radiculopathy.

This is because surgical options typically are not effective and medications have many adverse side effects.

This condition causes [...]

Facts show that majority of US adults will suffer back pain at some time in their lives

The majority of adults living within the US are going to at some point in their lives likely experience some sort of severe back pain.

For some of these sufferers, the symptoms of the pain will continue for an extended period of time. For the ones who are more fortunate however, it will be something that [...]

Back pain treatment has become a postcode lottery

Patients who live in London and are suffering from painful conditions affecting their back and joints are facing a postcode lottery as far as treatment is concerned.

It has been revealed today that the amount of money that is spent by the various trusts across the capital varies greatly. Several hospitals have already cut their spending [...]

Thermobalancing is an effective way of relieving back pain

Thermobalancing is a new type of technology that is thought to be able to reduce the amount of pain people have in their back.

It is known that this technology works by reducing the amount of information in the back which can allow tissues to be repaired. The effect of this treatment is something that lasts [...]

Australian researcher looks into unidentifiable back pain

Markus Melloh is a researcher and an associate professor in orthopaedics at the University of Western Australia.

One of his researches has shown that one third out of all individuals that were studied on the basis of their gripping and unidentifiable back pain actually developed severe back pain which heavily affected their everyday lives.

Special tests usually [...]

Direct injections into the spine help people with nerve damage

A recent study has suggested that the injection of arthritis drugs or steroids directly into the spine might be a much more effective way of treating back pain and leg pain in people that are suffering because they have nerve damage.

This was something that was not previously done so much because there were risks of [...]

New steroid treatment for nerve damage is not as successful as expected

It was initially thought that the injection of an anti-inflammatory drug, Etanercept, directly into the spine was going to be a more effective way of treating the chronic back pain that people experience because of nerve damage in their back and legs.

This steroid, which is specifically genetically engineered, would be injected to the spine and [...]

Phone App may relieve back pain

There are a lot of Americans today that live with pain that is chronic.

Ironically enough, smart phones can help with pain that is severe and literally zaps the pain away. When people have this kind of back pain usually it’s so chronic and it can affect many things in their life.

One person with chronic pain [...]

Big changes on the way for back pain treatment

Recent writing in the Lancet has suggested that the treatment of back pain is about to undergo a change. The article has said that treating back pain in a more targeted way helps to improve a patient’s condition as well as significantly reducing the cost to a healthcare provider. In the past back pain was [...]

Patient’s own stem cells to treat back pain

Chris Youngman has been a long time sufferer of back pain, something he described as being so severe on occasions that he would not be able to bend down to put his shoes or socks on. This caused him a great deal of trouble as he was a fireman by profession. He has recently undergone [...]

The Atlantic Spinal Care Spine Seminars

A seminar is to be held conducted by Dr. Kaixuan Liu which will look at back and neck pain and the diagnosis and then the treatment process of such conditions. The Atlantic Spinal Care Spine Seminars will be covering many areas.

Dr Liu will be answering questions from the audience and will try to spend as [...]

Bed rest can be bad for back pain

There are few major long term diseases that are as feared as chronic back pain. When this pain onsets most people think the most appropriate course of action is to rest and continue normal life when the pain has subsided. Several studies run at the end of last century reached the same conclusion that bed [...]

Animal discs may cure backpain

Discs that are grown from the cells of animals could soon relieve the agonising and debilitating back pain suffered by thousands across the globe. Problems with the discs in your back can occur at any age, and many people still in their productive years have been struck down and suffered [...]

Genetics have strong link with back pain

One of the most frustrating aspects of one of the most common of human ailments, back pain, is the difficulty in pinpointing the exact cause or causes in each individual’s case. There are a huge number of factors involved, including genetics, lifestyle, weight, age and various diseases. Back pain may be caused by one or [...]

Hundred year old skeletons used to help modern back pain

In a world first, one hundred year old skeletons are being used by the University of Bristol to help create advanced treatments for chronic sufferers of back pain. The research includes a total of forty donated skeletons to be analysed, using new computer modeling programs developed by Leeds University.

The computer programs will generate [...]

MRI Scans may not be good for back pain

Pain in the lower back is common. If you speak to your doctor or a consultant, they will almost certainly tell you to go for an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan. However, the Annals of Internal Medicine have reported that in a lot of cases, these referrals are unnecessary, and instead of leading to improvements, [...]

New device to ease back pain

Back pain is something that a lot of people suffer with everyday. Getting the relief for it is even more difficult to find, for now. A new device approved by the US Food and Drug Administration has come onto the market. Nervomatrix Ltd has developed an auto targeting neurostimulation device to help everyone with lower [...]

Australian men have big problem with back pain

According to a recent review, more than one million Australian men have undiagnosed back pain. The pain is so bad that as many as 20 per cent of the men are unable to lift their children. Another 20 per cent cannot even play games with their kids because of severe back pain.

The occurrences start as [...]

Spondyloarthritis diagnosis speeds up

Spondyloarthritis is the term used for a group of rheumatic diseases that involve arthritis of the spine, joints and tendons, and the symptoms are often the same or similar to those of rheumatoid arthritis, but there is a difference. Both cause back pain as well as swelling of the joints and other symptoms, and there [...]

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