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Back Pain: Acupuncture is the best thing you can do

Acupuncture is the best way of alleviating chronic back pain – and it’s far better than any conventional treatment. Twice as many back pain sufferers benefited from acupuncture as those who took a pai... more »

Exercises that may help back pain

An overview of the most helpful exercises for alleviating back pain. more »

Nutritional supplements that may help back pain

The most important supplements for the treatment of chronic pain are the B-complex and C vitamins. more »

Other things that may work for back pain

Alternative treatments for back pain. more »

What doesn't work for back pain

There’s plenty that will be suggested that won’t do a thing to alleviate the underlying problem. more »

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 some form of spinal manipulation, either with a r... more »

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 by a duodenal ulcer or acute pancreatitis. more »

Back pain and its causes

No area presents more of a problem to doctors than the back. Second only to head pain, disabling low back pain strikes 80 per cent of us during our lifetimes, causes millions of lost work days and acc... more »

How you beat back pain

You can and you will beat back pain. On these pages you will discover how. more »

Epidurals: They’re useless, researchers discover after 50 years

The epidural is standard medical practice for patients with sciatic back pain. more »

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The poisoned generation

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