Category: Back Pain & Sciatica

  Published: February, 2015 Bed rest, once a key part of treating back pain, has a limited role in healing sore backs. In very small doses, bed rest can give you a break when standing or sitting causes severe pain. Too much may make back pain worse. Here is how to do bed rest “right.”…

Back pain in children is linked with limited sun exposure, low vitamin D diets, body fat, lower physical activity, sedentary lifestyles and lower levels of calcium. ~ Dr. Broussard Mechanical factors and vitamin D deficiency in schoolchildren with low back pain: biochemical and cross-sectional survey analysis Ahmad H Alghadir, Sami A Gabr, Einas S Al-Eisa…

Patients who knew they were taking a placebo pill had 28% more pain relief and 30% less disability as the treatment as usual group. FEBRUARY 9, 2017 A placebo of a pill added to treatment as usual for chronic low back pain resulted in clinically significant improvements in patients who were informed about the placebo…

From: PAIN MEDICINE NEWS FEBRUARY 3, 2017 Lumbar support cannot be recommended for the management of nonspecific low back pain in the general population, according to a study conducted by a French research team affiliated with CHU Gabriel-Montpied Hôpital, in Clermont-Ferrand, France (Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2016;59S:e29). Charlotte Lanhers and her colleagues conducted a review…

Date: February 2, 2017 Source: George Institute for Global Health Summary: Commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, used to treat back pain provide little benefit, but cause side effects, according to new research. The findings of the systematic review reveal only one in six patients treated with the pills, also known…

An article published in the journal Pain Physician, reviewed the research, and they found that if you have a herniated disc, there is a 66.66% chance that it will spontaneously go away on its own.  They recommend conservative treatment as a first choice of treatment for lumbar herniated discs. ~ Dr. Broussard Incidence of Spontaneous…

Brand new clinical guideline recommendations are published in the European Journal of Pain. According to high-quality guidelines, all patients with acute or chronic back have the option of receiving treatments that chiropractors use including spinal manipulation and manual therapy. Acupuncture is even included. Patients with herniated discs with sciatica may benefit from spinal manipulation as well.…

JANUARY 24, 2017 George Institute for Global Health News New research from The George Institute for Global Health has revealed the weather plays no part in the symptoms associated with either back pain or osteoarthritis. It’s long been thought episodes of both back pain and arthritis can be triggered by changes in the weather, including…