Back pain - The curve ball symptom - By treating back pain as a disease on its own, medicine has gone down many blind alleys. But many cases of back pain are only symptoms of disorders in...

Back pain: the dangers of surgery - More westerners than ever suffer from low back pain, but conventional treatments-surgery, injections, anaesthesia-often make the problem worse. - At some point in our lives, 80 per cent of all of us living in the West will suffer from disabling low back pain. Every year, 12 million Americans mak...

Other causes of back pain - Backache may occasionally involve organs that are not thought to be directly related to the neck and spine. For instance, low back pain can be caused...

Back pain: leave well alone - The best course of treatment for acute back pain may be to leave well alone and let it get better on its own, according to French researchers. ...

Back pain: the dangers of surgery - At the first sign of back pain . . . - If you have low back pain, instead of rushing to your own doctor, first try the most conservative management you can. Dr William Kirkaldy-Willis, reti...

New drugs - New profits for old product - Most new drugs are simply old drugs with a bit of window dressing to justify double the price tag. Yet, the dangers multiply from these novel twists a...

What works for back pain - The two most effective things you can do to alleviate back pain is to stay active – and so exercising the muscles that support the spine – and to have...

Natural ways to prevent back pain - An amazing four out of five adults will experience significant low-back pain at some time during their life. The most common reason, say experts, is w...