As New Zealand’s population ages, the number of people dying each year will rise rapidly. With hospices already experiencing ...

Chronic low back pain significantly affects quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Back pain makes it difficult to ...

Among the myriad of medical treatments for low back pain—a leading cause of disability that affects more than 600 million ...

Terrence Keller from Rejuv Medical discusses how poor posture and winter falls lead to back injuries, affecting many over 45.

Biopsychosocial self-management was associated with significant but small reductions in disability in patients with acute low back pain.

It’s the leading cause of disability and one of the most costly health challenges of our time: chronic lower back pain. Yet effective and safe treatments are few and far between, leading patients to ...

A new study shows that clinician-supported self-management, but not spinal manipulation, is linked to greater improvement in disability from low back pain than recommended medical care.

When was the last time you fully trained your entire core? Not just your lower abs, upper abs, or obliques, each strengthened by crunches, leg lifts and planks, but your lower back muscles, too? While ...

Lung cancer can spread to your spine, which causes back pain and other symptoms. Back pain that worsens at night may be a sign of lung cancer, although this is rare. You can get treatments like ...

Exercise can help improve flexibility and strengthen muscles to decrease lower back pain. Chair stretches are a safe option for people who have difficulty standing. Yoga can help relieve back pain and ...

This is what I learnt from regularly practising this back-relieving yoga posture over the last month ...

If you have yet to experience back pain, the odds are sadly stacked against you. According to World Health Organization data, most people will experience low back pain at some point in their lives.