Acupuncture treatment for lower back pain may be more effective than conventional therapy.

Back pain is the number one cause of worker-compensation complaints, second only to the common cold in causing lost workdays.

When it comes to low back pain, physicians generally advise exhausting nonsurgical options before resorting to surgery.

Targeting inactivity could also be used in intervention and rehabilitation programs to decrease low back pain and future health care costs.

MRI should be performed on all patients with acute spinal cord injuries whenever feasible as it provides information with prognostic value and serves to guide the clinician to optimize clinical care.

Paradigm Spine announced that it has received a European Union CE Mark for its DSS implantable dynamic spine stabilization system.

A multidisciplinary investigation has resulted in a new treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI).

A guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology finds epidural steroid injections play a limited role in providing short-term pain relief for lower back pain that radiates down a leg, and do not provide long-term pain relief. The guideline is published in the March 6, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

To develop the guideline, the authors analyzed scientific studies on the topic.

Narcotic drugs (opioids) are commonly prescribed for short term relief of chronic back pain, but their effectiveness long term has been questioned.

UK researchers has developed a treatment for lower back pain using the patient's own stem cells.

Manchester researchers are recruiting people with back pain caused by nerve root pain, commonly known as sciatica, in the first ever study to discover if therapeutic ultrasound can help their condition.

The body's spinal cord is lik e a super highway of nerves. When an injury occurs, the body's policing defenses put up a roadblock in the form of a scar to prevent further injury, but it stops all neural traffic from moving forward.

As new innovations emerge in the treatment of chronic back pain, surgeons are focusing on more effective techniques to relieve pain while also preserving the natural motion of the spine.

To repair acute spinal cord damage without causing further injury is possible with ability of stem cells.

Researchers believe they have identified a new way to promote recovery after spinal cord injury.