Human pain, it turns out, is not just a product of modern stress or injury, but a legacy written deep into our DNA. New genetic work is tracing part of our sensitivity back to ancient relatives, while ...

Back pain doesn’t always mean you’re injured We tend to assume that pain is a sign that some part of our body is damaged and ...

A new study suggests a widely used bone hormone could help relieve chronic back pain in an unexpected way. Instead of just strengthening bone, it appears to stop pain-sensing nerves from growing into ...

Individualized walking programs can reduce recurrent, disabling low back pain, but clinicians should screen for lower ...

New peer-reviewed study highlights safety and clinical benefits of intradiscal MSC therapy for chronic low back pain ...

A new review of the evidence finds that only a handful of common remedies provide a modest benefit for acute or chronic back pain. Reading time 4 minutes If you’ve ever had trouble recovering from a ...

From desk jobs and poor posture to weak muscles and bad furniture, lower back pain is now a near-universal condition. Experts ...

Here’s some spine-tingling news. New research suggests a drug already available on pharmacy shelves could help ease chronic lower back pain. It’s a welcome discovery for the millions of Americans who ...

Most nonsurgical and noninterventional treatments for low back pain failed to outperform placebo in a new systematic review and meta-analysis, with just 10% showing only modest pain relief.