Healthcare News
Can neck pain be a sign of something serious?
Source : Medical News Today
It is common for people to experience pain in the right side of the neck. In most cases, the pain occurs due to a muscle strain or another benign cause. People can often treat their pain using home remedies and medications. However, for severe or prolonged neck pain, it is best to see a doctor.
How do you stretch out your tailbone?
Source : Medical News Today
The tailbone, or coccyx, is at the bottom of the spine and helps to support the pelvis. It is possible to injure or fracture the tailbone, causing inflammation and pain. Persistent tailbone pain is known as coccydynia.
Tending to the diaphragm may relieve chronic low back pain
Source : Medical News Today
Is treating the diaphragm the key to relieving chronic pain in the lower back? Researchers set out to investigate, conducting the first ever clinical trial to test the efficacy of special osteopathic techniques tending to the diaphragm for easing chronic low back pain.
How do you get rid of a lower back spasm?
Source : Medical News Today
Lower back spasms can be annoying and painful, but they are treatable. Certain remedies and lifestyle changes can help reduce the pain and frequency of back spasms.
Visiting the doctor for low back pain? Expect something different now
Source : Science Daily
If you visit your family doctor with low back pain (LBP), you may be surprised at the treatment options they suggest now. Recent changes to major international guidelines for the management of LBP mean that general practitioners (GP) are now unlikely to recommend pain medicines which were previously the go-to treatment. Instead of pain medicines, GPs might suggest non-medicinal approaches including yoga, mindfulness and various types of physiotherapy and psychological therapies.
Study provides insights into potential causes of spinal stenosis
Source : News-medical.net
A new study published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research indicates that certain genetic changes are linked with an increased risk of developing lumbar spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the open spaces in the lower spine that can lead to pain in the legs when individuals walk.
Nonoperative treatment approaches for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis seen as safe, effective
Source : Healio
Various nonoperative treatment approaches were safe and efficacious for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a presenter at the North American Spine Society.
MRI reveals sacroiliac inflammation in both healthy runners, patients with spondyloarthritis
Source : Healio
Although sacroiliac MRI has been extensively relied on to diagnose axial spondyloarthritis, research presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting demonstrated that similar inflammation of sacroiliac joints was observed among even healthy individuals, highlighting the need for complementary diagnostic measures.
Low-dose CT of the whole spine found more sensitive than conventional radiographs in monitoring AS
Source : Healio
In patients with ankylosing spondylitis, low-dose CT of the whole spine delivered greater sensitivity than imaging with conventional radiographs, according to a study presented at the EULAR Annual Congress.
Loss of estrogen a risk factor for disc degeneration and lower back pain
Source : Science Daily
"Oh, my aching back!" It's not an uncommon complaint heard from both men and women as they age and experience lumbar disc degeneration. Now a new study out of China suggests that menopause is associated with severity of disc degeneration in the lumbar spine. The study outcomes are being published in an article available online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).
New class drug significantly reduces spine fracture risk in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
Source : Science Daily
The results of a study presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 press conference showed that, in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, 12 months treatment with romosozumab was associated with rapid and large reductions in their risk of a vertebral fracture compared to placebo.
