Long walks could both treat and prevent chronic low back pain, according to emerging research. A population-based study in Norway found people who walked for more than 78 minutes a day on average ...

People with chronic bad backs may soon have cause to jump for joy—carefully, of course. A large-scale, randomized, double-blinded, and controlled clinical trial has shown that a specifically ...

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Lower back pain is one of the most ubiquitous health complaints in the world. In fact, the World Health Organization says that low back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide—but ...

“About 80% of people during their life are going to have a problem experiencing pain in their back or their spine. Whether it’s from their neck, down to their tailbone,” said Dr. John Watkins from ...

A new screening tool, the A-tool, identified axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in more than 30% of patients with chronic back pain. The questionnaire tool showed varying sensitivity and specificity ...

Update 10/22: The article’s illustration has been updated to reflect the article more accurately. “The main point of the study is to figure out what subset of chronic back pain patients responds best ...

"Whatever we can do in a mat-based class, we can adapt for a chair-based class," says 64-year-old yoga instructor Dina Cohen ...