Only around one in every 10 treatments were found to be effective in relieving lower back pain, according to a new study ...

There are different types of low back pain. It can: be short-lived, lasting less than six weeks (acute back pain) linger for a bit longer, for six to twelve weeks (sub-acute) stick around for months ...

The analysis found NSAIDs effective for acute low back pain vs. placebo, while non-drug treatments showed no significant ...

A data analysis published in a scientific journal indicates that differences with placebo are marginal for most treatments for chronic and acute lower spine issues. But several experts question the st ...

Treatments that didn't work: For acute low back pain, exercise, glucocorticoid (cortisone) shots, and acetaminophen were not effective. For chronic back pain, antibiotics and anesthetics ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A new study revealed that only 10% of non-surgical ...

For acute low back pain, only nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs showed efficacy with moderate-certainty evidence compared with placebo. For chronic low back pain, five treatments showed ...

Researchers reviewed over 300 back pain trials and found that anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen ...

The researchers reviewed 301 randomized, controlled trials that included data on 56 non-surgical treatments for adults experiencing acute low back pain, chronic low back pain, or a combination of ...

There was good evidence, for example, that paracetamol (acetaminophen) does little to nothing for acute low back pain. Advertising The study included a long list of treatments for which the ...

Chronic back pain is the most common type of pain, affecting around 16 million American adults — and now a new study has revealed some discouraging findings about potential treatments.