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Motor Control Exercises, Sling Exercises, and General Exercises for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial With 1-Year Follow-up.

August 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Motor Control Exercises, Sling Exercises, and General Exercises for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial With 1-Year Follow-up.
CONCLUSIONS:/b> This study gave no evidence that 8 treatments with individually instructed motor control exercises or sling exercises were superior to general exercises for chronic low back pain. PMID: 20671099 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Physical Therapy)

Acupuncture For Back Pain - Back Pain Acupuncture Treatments

July 22, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Acupuncture For Back Pain - Back Pain Acupuncture Treatments
Acupuncture for back pain has become somewhat of a hot topic. It’s no wonder, actually, that back pain acupuncture treatments are gaining popularity in the current climate of organic and holistic lifestyles and treatments. It’s not just all about the drugs anymore! Let’s learn a little bit more about one of the new back pain remedies, though - and that’s acupuncture. It’s never a bad idea to have more information before proceeding down a path.

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Back Pain Exercise & Manipulation Effectiveness in Primary Care

July 16, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Back Pain Exercise & Manipulation Effectiveness in Primary Care
Spinal manipulation and exercise are two common methods used to treat low back pain. Little is known however, about the benefit these treatments provide over and above regular care (which includes advice to stay active, and perhaps oral pain or anti-inflammatory medications).

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Daily functioning and self-management in patients with chronic low back pain after an intensive cognitive behavioral programme for pain management

July 12, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Daily functioning and self-management in patients with chronic low back pain after an intensive cognitive behavioral programme for pain management
Abstract  Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is associated with persistent or recurrent disability which results in high costs for society. Cognitive behavioral treatments produce clinically relevant benefits for patients with CLBP. Nevertheless, no clear evidence for the most appropriate intervention is yet available. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the mid-term effects of treatment in a cohort of patients with CLBP participating in an intensive pain management programme. The programme provided by RealHealth-Netherlands is based on cognitive behavioral principles and executed in collaboration with orthopedic surgeons. Main outcome parameters were daily functioning (Roland and Morris Disability Questionnaire and Oswestry Disability Questionnaire), self-efficacy (Pain Sel…

Back Pain Exercise - Temporary Relief and Muscle Building

July 7, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Back Pain Exercise - Temporary Relief and Muscle Building
Back pain exercise is one of the most successful treatments for back pain relief. By doing exercise, you can take care of the pain that you are currently experiencing, but you can also eliminate future risks for back pain by making your muscles stronger and making your body more fit. While some exercises aren’t good to do when you have back pain issues, there are a great variety of stretching and strength training exercises that can actually help the situation and take away your back pain. You don’t have to look far to find programs and medical professionals who can offer you the back pain exercise that you need.

Acupuncture for chronic low back pain : protocol for a multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled trial

June 20, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Acupuncture for chronic low back pain : protocol for a multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled trial
This study is a multi-center randomized sham-controlled trial with 2 parallel arms. Participants included in the study met the following criteria: 1) low back pain lasting for at least the last 3 months, 2) a documented [greater than or equal to] 5 points on a 10 cm visual analog scale for bothersomeness of low back pain at the time of screening and 3) between 18 and 65 years of age. Participants were blinded to the real and sham acupuncture treatments. The real acupuncture treatment group received real acupuncture 2 times a week, during a total of 12 sessions over 6 weeks. The control group received sham acupuncture during the same period. In order to assess the primary and secondary outcome measures, the participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire at the baseline and 6, 8, 12 and…

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Natural Treatments For Back Pain Can Cure the Problem

June 19, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Natural Treatments For Back Pain Can Cure the Problem
When you search for the natural treatments for back pain, you need to ensure you choose a capable and effective modality. The stakes are too high to get this wrong. Your back most likely contributes to your livelihood. Here is one health care system that can deliver exceptional results.

7 Herbal Treatments For Lower Back Pain Relief

June 18, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

7 Herbal Treatments For Lower Back Pain Relief
Lower back pain is an unbearable nuisance that can make you slow down and stop you from doing your tasks. Old folks are the common victims of lower back pain but with the busy lifestyle people have today, anybody can experience it.

Overtreating chronic back pain: time to back off? Deyo RA, Mirza SK, Turner JA, Martin BI. J Am Board Fam Med 2009;22(1):62–8.

June 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Overtreating chronic back pain: time to back off? Deyo RA, Mirza SK, Turner JA, Martin BI. J Am Board Fam Med 2009;22(1):62–8.
Chronic back pain is among the most common patient complaints. Its prevalence and impact have spawned a rapidly expanding range of tests and treatments. Some of these have become widely used for indications that are not well validated, leading to uncertainty about efficacy and safety, increasing complication rates, and marketing abuses. Recent studies document a 629% increase in Medicare expenditures for epidural steroid injections; a 423% increase in expenditures for opioids for back pain; a 307% increase in the number of lumbar magnetic resonance images among Medicare beneficiaries; and a 220% increase in spinal fusion surgery rates. The limited studies available suggest that these increases have not been accompanied by population-level improvements in patient outcomes or disability rate…

Acupressure For Back Pain

May 27, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Acupressure For Back Pain
Few people doubt the effectiveness of modern chiropractic treatments, and yet every time you read the newspaper, it’s often not that hard to find stories of people that have gone to see licensed back physicians to see if their back pain can somehow be alleviated, and they end up leaving with more problems than they had when they arrived. It’s no surprise, really, that a lot of people have begun to turn to more traditional methods of treatment, such as acupressure, for back pain and discomfort they may be experiencing.

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