Category: Back Pain & Sciatica

This article associated overweight and obesity with increased odds of back pain especially if your race is white, or non-white woman. ~ Dr. Broussard The Association Among Overweight, Obesity, and Low Back Pain in U.S. Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study of the 2015 National Health Interview Survey Trent Peng, MS, DC Abstract Objective The purpose of…

For adolescents, spinal manipulation combined with exercise is more effective than exercise alone. Spinal Manipulation and Exercise for Low Back Pain in Adolescents: A Randomized Trial PAIN. Publish Ahead of Print():, MAR 2018 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001211 , , PMID: 29596158 Publication Date: 2018/03/27 Roni Evans; Mitchell Haas; Craig Schulz; Brent Leininger; Linda Hanson; Gert Bronfort Abstract…

Tens of thousands of patients are given a ‘useless’ back-pain injection that costs the English National Health Service (NHS) nearly £40 million ($567 million) each year Patients demanding a ‘quick fix’ are given the treatment at £540 per procedure Doctors are advised not to give the therapy but instead recommend exercise Previous research suggests painkillers and…

Good Morning America – the most watched morning show for most of 2017 – aired a segment about low back pain after new research published in The Lancet surfaced. Encouraging non-pharmacological pain management options prior to utilization of prescription opioids, Good Morning America encouraged its viewers to stay active, apply heat and receive spinal manipulation – which we know…

This literature review concluded that TENS units don’t help improve back pain, but may offer short-term improvement in function.  If one of these unites helps to get you up-and-going, then it is helpful in my opinion. ~ Dr. Broussard Wu, Lien-Chen Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine: February 1, 2018 – Volume Online First – Issue…

This article showed that after a back fusion, 77.1% of these patients continued to use opioids, and only 9.1% of them could get off of the drugs after their surgery. ~ Dr. Broussard TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Adults undergoing lumbar fusion surgery (N = 2491) for chronic back pain were retrospectively followed to evaluate patterns of opioid…

The Lancet is a presttigious medical journal.  In March of 2018, they shared many free full-text articles about lower back pain, because they can see the global impact of this disease.  If you’re a back pain nerd like me, this is eye candy! ~ Dr. Broussard Low back pain Published: March 22, 2018 Executive Summary…