Opioid pain-relieving medicines are not more effective than a placebo in relieving acute back and neck pain and may even cause harm, according to a world-first trial led by the University of Sydney.
Jun 28, 2023
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It's the leading cause of disability worldwide and the third most expensive health condition across the globe yet there still is no treatment for lower back pain that goes beyond relieving its symptoms, with all of the downsides ...
May 30, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Warwick and The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough have led a clinical trial on a new treatment which can help people stop needing to use opioid painkillers to manage chronic pain. ...
May 23, 2023
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Long-term sufferers of chronic back pain experienced dramatic reductions in pain and related disability that remained at their one-year follow-up after taking part in a new treatment tested by Curtin-Macquarie-Monash University ...
May 2, 2023
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A study by Swansea University has revealed how machine learning can help with the early detection of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) inflammatory arthritis and revolutionize how people are detected and diagnosed by their GPs.
Apr 5, 2023
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A recent study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health has found that adults who initially visit a chiropractor to receive spinal manipulation for low back pain caused by disc herniation or radiculopathy (i.e., ...
Dec 19, 2022
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Acupuncture can significantly relieve the lower back and/or pelvic pain frequently experienced by women during their pregnancy, suggests a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in BMJ Open.
Nov 21, 2022
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People challenged with chronic back pain have been given hope with a new treatment that focuses on retraining how the back and the brain communicate, a randomized controlled trial run by researchers at UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience ...
Aug 2, 2022
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Using anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids to relieve pain could increase the chances of developing chronic pain, according to researchers from McGill University and colleagues in Italy. Their research puts into question ...
May 11, 2022
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There's "promising evidence" that osteopathy, the physical manipulation of the body's tissues and bones, may relieve the pain associated with musculoskeletal conditions, finds a review of the available clinical evidence, ...
Apr 12, 2022
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