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Best Home Remedies for Back Pain: Advice From a Physical Therapist
A physical therapist offers simple techniques for relieving low back pain at home if an injury or simply sitting too much is making your back ache.
By Becky UphamJuly 10, 2023Spinal Cord Stimulators for Chronic Back Pain Win FDA Approval
When surgery wasn’t an option, an electrical implant provided significant improvement in chronic back pain, but experts say more studies are needed.
By Don RaufMay 24, 2023The Best and Worst Shoes for Back Pain
What kinds of shoes might be contributing to your back pain? And what kinds of shoes might help? Here’s what two podiatrists have to say.
By Scott FontanaMay 01, 2023What Is Back Pain? Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
Tips to ease and treat back pain and low back pain, including home remedies and drug-free fixes.
By Joseph Bennington-CastroJune 14, 2022Anti-inflammatory Diet Could Help Reduce Low Back Pain
New research suggests that a pro-inflammatory diet may play a contributing role in low back pain, while an anti-inflammatory diet may help prevent it.
By Becky UphamFebruary 22, 2021Do’s and Don’ts of Lower-Back Pain Exercises
The right kind of lower back pain exercises can give you relief, but the wrong moves can leave you in even more agony – and possibly send you on a trip to the ER. How do you know which kind of back exercise is best? Follow these 10 expert tips on what you
November 16, 2017The Best and Worst Exercises for Back Pain
Back pain can be treated and prevented with exercise, but you need to know what you are doing. Learn about good and bad exercises for back pain.
By Chris Iliades, MDNovember 15, 20177 Best Yoga Poses to Soothe Your Lower Back Pain
Research says that yoga may be an effective treatment for lower back pain. Try these strengthening poses to soothe your aches.
By Annie HauserOctober 17, 2017What You Eat May Help Beat Back Pain
Inflammation can cause back pain. But eating an anti-inflammatory diet, as well as getting proper nutrients such as calcium, has been shown to reduce back pain.
By Karen AppoldDecember 20, 2016Sharp Back Pain: What to Know
Find out what makes sharp pains in lower back different from other back pains and how your doctor can diagnose the cause of your pain.
By Jane ParryDecember 15, 20167 Supplements That Help Back Pain
Supplements for back pain can be used as part of a holistic treatment approach. Learn which supplements work for back pain and which might not.
By Mikel TheobaldJanuary 22, 2015Best and Worst Sex Positions for Back Pain
Researchers have developed recommendations to help pain patients engage in intercourse.
By Nancie GeorgeSeptember 10, 2014