There's more on
chronic lower back pain at the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Not exact matches
Dr Stephen Simpson, director research and programmes
at the charity Arthritis Research UK said: «We know that for some people with
chronic low back pain psychological stress is a major factor, and therefore there is a significant challenge to find effective treatments.
Chronic low back pain one of the most important and costly of all public health conditions affecting the U.S. is a major cause of
pain and disability, with high costs for health care and the economy
at large.
In July a team
at the Boston Medical Center and others published findings from a study of 320
chronic lower back pain sufferers who were assigned to yoga, physical therapy or a series of educational reading materials about their condition.
At the moment we only have
low to moderate quality evidence for the effects of yoga before six months as a type of exercise for helping people with
chronic lower back pain.
Kaptchuk, with colleagues
at Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (ISPA) in Lisbon, Portugal, studied 97 patients with
chronic lower back pain (cLBP), which causes more disability than any other medical condition worldwide.
Our aim
at CÚRAM is to radically improve quality of life for patients suffering from
chronic illness and this research takes us a step forward toward to doing just that for sufferers of disc degeneration and
lower back pain»
«Physicians are advised against ordering TENS for patients with
chronic low back pain since it is proven not to work,» says the lead author of the guidelines, Richard Dubinsky, MD, a professor of neurology
at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.
Chronic Pain: A study
at the West Virginia University School of Medicine found that, after practicing yoga for three months, people reported 70 % less
lower -
back pain, and 88 % of them reduced or stopped taking
pain medication.
I was lashing out
at my family, feeling sluggish, fatigue, brain fog, eating everything in sight, felt no purpose
at work, couldn't hack the motherhood thing, dealing with infertility, and
chronic low back / pelvic
pain.
Researchers took 240 people with
chronic lower -
back pain, and had them exercise with weights two, three or four days a week, or else not
at all.
The lifetime prevalence of
low back pain in industrialized countries is estimated
at 60 % to 70 % of the population, making it one of the most pervasive forms of
chronic pain.
[86] Even
at their present recovery level, Mr. Anderson's injuries require him to endure
pain that must be treated with increased levels of medication beyond that which previously alleviated his
chronic low back pain that arose from the 2004 motor vehicle accident.
The clear medical evidence from the plaintiff's orthopedic surgeon, Dr. G.M. McKensie, is that Mr. Swieczko's soft tissue injuries are now
chronic and permanent, presenting as moderate to severe
pain in the neck, mid-
back and
lower back with persistent flare - ups as a result of overtime work, attempts
at physically interacting with his growing one - year - old daughter and attempts to reintegrate previously enjoyed recreational activities.
The medical evidence was mostly consistent: her physical injuries include moderate right paracentral disc herniation
at C3 - 4 on the right side and moderate paracentral disc protrusion
at C6 - 7 on the left causing irritation of the left C7 root; and a bulging lumbar disc irritating the lumbar roots, all of which result in
chronic left - sided neck, arm and
low back pain, dizziness and headaches.