A 2021 open access article published in the Journal of Physiotherapy reports on a systematic review of network meta-analysis of specific exercise treatments for adults with chronic low back pain (cLBP). Exercise has long been supported...
Anecdotally clinicians often see patients that present with more than one area of pain. A 2021 open access systematic review published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders provides some insight about this. The article titled, Distribution...
A recent review of three papers in Lancet from 2018 (free at https://www.thelancet.com/series/low-back-pain) summarizes and updates the findings from these land mark publications. The Lancet papers highlight the magnitude of the global problem of low...
A systematic search by MEDLINE, PUBMED, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and SCO-PUS from inception to January 2019 produced interesting results in patients presenting to emergency departments for low back pain (LBP). All together 41,320 patients...
DynaMed Plus has published an extensive overview and recommendations for chronic low back pain. This overview contains clinically supported foundations for best practice examination procedures, treatment choices, evidence supported outcome measures, management protocols, medications,...
A study of 750 active-duty US military service members with low back pain, where half of the patients received chiropractic care in addition to usual care, demonstrated larger reductions in pain and lower related...
There have been a number of reports indicating that yoga is a good option for chronic low back pain. This report from National Institute of Health's News In Health provides additional support that a...
Researchers from RAND Corporation, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute & the University of Washington, Seattle, completed a study with 342 adults with chronic LBP that suggests substantial cost savings compared to ‘usual care’...
The State of Oregon has included nondrug treatments such as chiropractic, acupuncture, yoga, massage, cognitive behavioral therapy, etc. for Medicaid patients with low back pain (LBP) starting in July of 2016. A newly announced...