Q&A: 8 common myths about back pain
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My back's been bothering me, and everyone seems to have ideas what's causing the pain. Can you help?
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Sign or Symptom: Low Back Pain
Medical news and research articles
Why your doctor may not have given you the best advice for your lower back pain
Treating lower back pain is enormously expensive. In the UK it's estimated to cost the NHS around £3.2 billion a year. So, ensuring patients get the right treatment is critical.
Jun 19, 2025
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I'm a spine doctor. Here's how I take care of my back
Back pain affects as many as 4 out of 5 Americans, and relief can be elusive. That's because it may be caused by multiple overlapping factors that cannot always be visualized on a scan. On the flipside, the scan of a healthy ...
Jun 12, 2025
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What's the difference between abs and core? One term focuses on aesthetics—and the other on function
You've probably heard the terms "abs" and "core" used in social media videos, Pilates classes, or even by physiotherapists.
May 26, 2025
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Functional bioprinted spinal disks offer new hope for understanding and treating back pain
University of Manchester scientists have successfully pioneered a way to create functioning human spinal disks, aiming to revolutionize our understanding of back pain and disk degeneration in a leap for medical science.
May 9, 2025
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Fewer back problems with new model of care
Stiffness, aches or pain that sometimes radiates down to the legs—most backs protest at least once in a lifetime. Movement is often the best help. Therefore, researchers at Linköping University in Sweden and physiotherapists ...
Apr 29, 2025
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Science-backed exercise therapy improves low back pain
Research supports the effectiveness of a kinesiology-based method to treat lower back pain, say study authors working in collaboration with the National Research Council of Italy, and scientists at the Sbarro Health Research ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Hold-up—are high-support bras bad for the back?
Research from the University of Portsmouth suggests that bras offering excessive bounce reduction may come with hidden consequences for spinal health.
Apr 14, 2025
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Study finds X-rays very helpful for diagnosing low back problems
Plain radiographs (X-ray), computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are commonly used in the evaluation of lower back pain. While MRI use has increased most over the past decades (more than 300% ...
Apr 9, 2025
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Do any non-drug treatments help back pain? Here's what the evidence says
Jason, a 42-year-old father of two, has been battling back pain for weeks. Scrolling through his phone, he sees ad after ad promising relief: chiropractic alignments, acupuncture, back braces, vibrating massage guns and herbal ...
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