In a recent study, participants who walked five times a week were 28 percent less likely to have a recurrence of their lower ...

That involves doing three seated stretches in three minutes ― you don’t have to leave your chair to complete them. “Simply ...

Living with back pain can be completely incapacitating, and it might make carrying out daily activities near-impossible, but ...

“In general, walking is a good exercise for people with back pain,” says Liz Pignatiello, PT, MPT, ATC-R, a physical ...

An emerging type of minimally invasive spine surgery reduces the use of pain medication in patients' recovery compared to ...

AVOID INACTIVITY: Although moving might be the last thing you feel like doing, over-resting your back won’t help. “On a physical level, prolonged inactivity increases back pain because the spine ...

Smoking damages the spine by decreasing blood flow, hastening disc degeneration, hindering the healing process, and raising ...

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a gel inspired by cow slime for patients suffering from disc herniation. By ...

Exercise. Walking, swimming and other low-impact aerobic activities can strengthen your back. Build muscle strength and ...

Michigan Head and Spine Institute added Stephen Hofmeister, DO, according to an email shared with Becker's. Dr. Hofmeister will be part of the interventional pain program run by the practice. He ...

Sep. 4, 2024 — Using high-precision X-ray imaging to track spine movements during neck exertion tasks, researchers discovered that sustained neck exertions cause muscle fatigue that then ...