Back Pain Relief

World’s First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Atlas Unveiled

The ALS Association has joined a funding consortium of non-profit and private organizations to fund the Allen Spinal Cord Atlas, which was unveiled as the world’s first genome-wide map of the mouse spinal cord, key to the study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other diseases, disorders and traumatic injuries of the spinal cord. Created by [...]

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Long-Term Back Pain Relief Possible With Alexander Technique

Alexander technique lessons in combination with an exercise programme offer long-term effective treatment for chronic back pain, according to a study published on BMJdotcom today. Back pain causes more disability than almost any other condition in Western societies, but very few effective long-term treatments are available to patients. Previous research shows that the Alexander technique* [...]

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Exercise Helps Reduce Pain, Disability After Lower Back Surgery

Lumbar spine (lower back) surgery is a common treatment for a herniated or “slipped” disk, and patients need to know whether it is better to sit still or get moving during their recovery period. An updated review from the Netherlands suggests that exercise programs starting four to six weeks after the operation could lead to [...]

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Is Financial Crisis The Reason For Your Back Pain?

Is Wall Street to blame for your back pain? If you’ve been suffering from back, neck or shoulder pain lately, much of it could be a direct result of the financial crisis gripping the world, says pain specialist Norman Marcus, M.D., who offers suggestions to help you deal with that pain. They include talking, walking, [...]

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Eight Ways to Prevent Back Pain

Did you know that most cases of back pain can be prevented? What’s more, most cases of back pain go away by themselves – without special prescription drugs, doctor-prescribed physical therapy, and especially without surgery. Here are eight steps you can take to prevent back pain from occurring at all and to help your back [...]

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Adipose-derived regenerative cells beneficial in spinal disc treatment

Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYTX) reported preclinical study results, which demonstrate the potential benefit of adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells (ADRCs) for the treatment of damaged intervertebral discs, evidenced by significantly increased disc tissue density and disc-specific extracellular matrix components at 12-months post treatment in a large animal model. The data were presented today at [...]

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Physical therapy has evidence-based solution to musculoskeletal pain

New Study Shows Manual Physical Therapy and Exercise Produces Significant Improvements in Neck Pain. The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging patients with musculoskeletal pain to consider treatment by a physical therapist, in light of a new federal survey showing that more than one-third of American adults and nearly 12 percent of children use [...]

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MRI Emerges As Vital Resource Of Back Pain Treatment

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a growing technology providing an increasing number of clinical benefits when used in the evaluation of back pain according to an article in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. It is predicted that over the next several years, additional technical developments will [...]

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Back Pain: Surgery Appears to be Superior to Exercise, Therapy

The updated results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) appeared in the December 1 issue of Spine. This study added 2 additional year on to the previously published 2-year results of research that had found that spine surgery out performs nonsurgical interventions for patients with lumbar disk herniation. Spine surgery does so by [...]

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New Target May Improve Spinal Muscular Atrophy Symptoms

There is no cure for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disorder that causes the weakening of muscles and is the leading genetic cause of infant death, but University of Missouri researchers have discovered a new therapeutic target that improves deteriorating skeletal muscle tissue caused by SMA. The new therapy enhanced muscle strength, improved gross [...]

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Unnecessary Spinal Surgery Will Waste Billions In 2009

During 2009, millions of Americans will undergo unnecessary and costly spinal surgeries and injections or be given mind-altering drugs that fail to eliminate their back pain — unless their physicians recognize and treat the actual source of most back pain, says pioneering pain specialist, Norman Marcus, M.D. It’s muscles, not the spine, says Dr. Marcus. [...]

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Study Investigates Cost Effectiveness Of Spinal Surgery

Back pain affects more than 80 percent of people and costs more than $100 billion annually in the U.S. But is the surgery cost effective? A study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggests that for patients with spinal stenosis, a laminectomy, or surgical removal of some soft bone and tissue, is a reasonable [...]

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