Joe Laurence, a firefighter in Western Australia, was pulling a hose over a fence when he felt a sharp pain shoot down his back. “It was pretty horrific at the time,” said Laurence, then 27. “From ...

We’ve tested numerous red light therapy devices over several weeks to find which might show benefits in real-life scenarios, such as long sitting hours, post-workout soreness, and persistent lower ...

A short-term course of a type of psychotherapy was nearly three times more effective at relieving chronic lower back pain than standard treatments, even years later. Cognitive functional therapy (CFT) ...

A personalized protocol involving self-managed cognitive functional therapy (CFT) was associated with sustained symptom improvement at 3 years in patients with chronic low back pain in a phase 3 ...

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Australian research has shown that a personalized program that helps people with chronic, disabling low back pain better understand their condition and take charge of its management produces large ...

This study is a secondary causal analysis of a three-arm randomized controlled trial that assessed therapeutic exercise with or without manual therapy or kinesiotape from 2022 to 2023. The study was ...

Spinal manipulation alone was no more effective than guideline-recommended medical care for low back pain (LBP), results of a randomized comparison study showed. Of the first-line nonpharmacologic ...

In a new study, older adults who received acupuncture had less pain and better mobility than those who got medication or physical therapy. A new clinical trial in older adults finds that acupuncture ...