News and features related to back pain

1. What treatments work for sciatica?
   

   Sciatica is a common condition that occurs when the lower part of your spine gets damaged. This can cause pressure on the nerves near your spine and pain in your buttocks, thighs, legs and feet. For most people, the pain usually goes away on its own. But it may take some time and so many people are

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2. Carrying extra weight may damage your spine
   

   Damage to the discs that cushion the spine can cause back pain, if the discs squeeze the nerves that run to and from the spinal cord. Studies have shown that disc damage can be caused in many ways, including age-related wear and tear, putting strain on the back through heavy lifting or physical work

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3. Home exercises as good as spinal manipulation for stiff neck
   

   Neck pain is very common. It may cause pain, stiffness, and difficulty moving, and often gets better on its own. Neck pain that lasts longer or gets worse may need treatment. There are lots of different types of treatment and we need more research about what works best. Randomised controlled trials

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4. Stretching exercises and yoga both help to relieve back pain
   

   Previously, small studies have suggested that yoga can help people with low back pain to recover. But we don’t know whether the benefit comes from yoga specifically, or if other stretching exercises might help as well. This new study compared what happened to people with low back pain, when they wer

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5. Back pain: A new approach
   

   29th September 2011 - Every year, around 9% of adults in the UK visit their GP about back pain, but the existing one-size-fits-all treatment could be improved upon according to the results of a new trial. The STarT Back trial, which includes a simple screening questionnaire for patients, was carried

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6. Massage helps back pain
   

   Each year around 5 million people go to their GP with back pain. Several treatments seem to help, including exercises, painkillers, and spinal manipulation. People often try several treatments before they find something that works for them. A new study has looked at whether massage can help people w

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7. Fewer back pain benefits claims
   

   Over the period being studied the annual number of new IB awards for mental health and behavioural disorders remained fairly constant, however, new awards for musculoskeletal disorders declined by more than 50%.  The change occurred across the country, but was substantially greater in North-East Eng

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8. Back pain - Top 10 back care tips
   

    Exercise your back regularly. Walking, swimming (especially backstroke) and using exercise bikes are all excellent ways to strengthen your back muscles.  Always bend your knees and your hips, not your back.  Never twist and bend at the same time.  Always lift and carry objects close to your body.  

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9. Back pain - 'My search for a back pain cure'
   

   The pain got so severe that she became depressed and had to leave her job. She spent years searching for a cure for the pain. She consulted specialists up and down the country and abroad, from orthopaedic surgeons to faith healers. Five years and more than 50 specialists later, Vicky has stopped her

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10. Back pain - Exercises for back pain
    

    "The advice 20 years ago was to rest, but research has shown that inactivity only makes things worse," says Dries Hettinga of BackCare, a charity that offers support and information to people with back pain. "When you're in pain you may want to stay in bed and not move around, but that results in fu

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