News tagged with chronic back pain

A little adversity bodes well for those with chronic back pain

A new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of California, Irvine, to be published in the September issue of the journal Pain, reveals that, for people with chronic back pain, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 05, 2010 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Fruit flies lead scientists to new human pain gene

While it has become clear in recent years that susceptibility to pain has a strong inherited component, very little is known about actual "pain genes" and how they work. In the November 12th issue of Cell, researchers at Chi ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Simple bedside test improves diagnosis of chronic back pain, could guide treatment

A simple and inexpensive method of assessing pain, developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers, is better than currently used techniques for distinguishing neuropathic pain - pain caused ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hurts so good: Chronic pain changes brain response to acute pain

New research reveals why a stimulus that healthy human subjects perceive as a reward might be processed quite differently in the brains of humans suffering from chronic pain. The study, published by Cell Press in the April15 ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chronic low-back pain on the rise: Study finds 'alarming increase' in prevalence

The proportion of people suffering from long term, impairing low back pain has more than doubled in North Carolina since the early 1990s, according to a new study. What's more, researchers believe the increase may be indicative ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

IOF campaign puts spotlight on vastly under-diagnosed and under-treated spinal fractures

At a press conference held in Brussels today, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), the Belgian Bone Club and the European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group called on health care professionals and health policy ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researcher evaluates Alexander Technique in pain clinics

(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher from the University of the West of England is looking into the use of the Alexander Technique (AT) as a teaching method to help people with chronic back pain and to explore the role of a specific ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Integrated care can cut chronic back pain work disability by 4 months

A programme of integrated care, directed at both the patient and the workplace, can help people with chronic low back pain return to work, on average, four months earlier than those receiving usual care, finds a study published ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Back-breaking' work beliefs contribute to health workers' pain

Whether from heaving, twisting, bending or bad lifting postures, it's well known that caring for the sick or elderly can lead to back pain. This often results in time off work or dropping out of caring professions altogether. ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Acupuncture eases chronic low back pain in SPINE trial

Acupuncture can help people with chronic low back pain feel less bothered by their symptoms and function better in their daily activities, according to the largest randomized trial of its kind, published in the May 11, 2009 ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0