One of the largest studies to investigate lumbar spine disc degeneration found that adults who are overweight or obese were significantly more likely to have disc degeneration than those with a normal body mass index (BMI)… Back Pain News From Medical News Today
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Long-Term Financial Disadvantage Faced By Those Who Retire Early Due To Back Problems
February 3, 2012
Back problems are a highly prevalent health issue, and people with the condition have a significantly greater chance of retiring early from the workforce, much more so than for any other health condition… Back Pain News From Medical News Today
Low Back Pain – Practitioners Recommend Time Off Despite Guidelines
December 21, 2011
Even though guidelines for clinical management of patients with low back pain (LBP) encourage health care practitioners to advise patients to remain active and return to work, most practitioners feel that work factors can cause or aggravate LBP and often recommend a ‘short break from work’ to allow healing… Back Pain News From Medical News [...]
Despite Guidelines To The Contrary, Practitioners Recommend Time Off For Low Back Pain
December 16, 2011
Guidelines for clinical management of patients with low back pain (LBP) encourage health care practitioners to advise staying active and returning to work. Despite this, most practitioners believe work factors can cause or exacerbate LBP, and a recommendation for a “short break from work” to allow healing is common… Back Pain News From Medical News [...]
Guidelines For Dealing With Back Pain Need To Be More Consistent To Help Cut Sick Days
December 15, 2011
Researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London are calling for more unified guidelines about returning back pain patients to work as currently the advice can be contradictory and confusing… Back Pain News From Medical News Today
Lower Back Pain – MRI Does Not Improve Outcomes For Epidural Steroid Injection Candidates
December 14, 2011
According to an investigation published Online First by the Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to administration of epidural steroid injections (ESI), does not seem to improve outcomes for individuals with chronic lower back pain or for those with conditions like sciatica, and only has a small [...]
Costly Diagnostic MRI Tests Unnecessary For Many Back Pain Patients
December 13, 2011
Johns Hopkins-led research suggests that routine MRI imaging does nothing to improve the treatment of patients who need injections of steroids into their spinal columns to relieve pain. Moreover, MRI plays only a small role in a doctor’s decision to give these epidural steroid injections (ESIs), the most common procedure performed at pain clinics in [...]
Endo Announces Topline Results From Phase 2 Study Of Axomadol In Chronic Low Back Pain
November 28, 2011
Endo Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ENDP) announced topline results from a phase 2 study comparing the novel investigational drug axomadol against placebo in the treatment of patients with moderate to severe chronic low back pain. The results indicate that axomadol did not meet predetermined study end points… Back Pain News From Medical News Today
