Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Platelet-rich plasma SIJ injection cuts low back pain

(HealthDay)—For patients with chronic low back pain, ultrasound-guided sacroiliac joint (SIJ) injection with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is effective for reducing pain, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in Pain ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Low back pain sufferers experience relief with new treatment

Millions of Americans suffering from low back pain could soon have a quick, cost-effective and permanent solution for the debilitating ailment. The solution, an injectable liquid called Réjuve, was pioneered by University ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Back pain link to 24-hour body clock revealed

New research by University of Manchester scientists has for the first time shown that our spinal discs have 24-hour body clocks which when they malfunction, can contribute to lower back pain.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Osteopathic manipulation can improve pain in postpartum women

Preliminary results demonstrate that osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) helps reduce acute pain in postpartum women, regardless of whether they delivered vaginally or via cesarean. The study results published today ...

Medications

Why kicking the opioid habit can be so tough

(HealthDay)—He was 26, a specialist fifth class with the U.S. Army, and stationed abroad, when an accident on the German autobahn sent him careening through the windshield of his car.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Spinal manipulation offers little low back pain disability relief

(HealthDay)—Spinal manipulative therapy reduces disability from low back pain (LBP) more than functional technique, but not in a clinically meaningful way, according to a study published in the March issue of The Spine ...

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