Back Pain
How’s your back? About a quarter of Australia’s population experience a back pain episode at any point in time...
Revolutionary new treatment for back pain
A new treatment for back pain, involving no pills or surgery, is being trialled by a team of researchers in Sydney with some amazing early results...
Back pain with sitting is commonplace if you are a back sufferer – and the search for a comfortable chair a seemingly endless mission...
The concerning prevalence of back related problems in today’s society may suggest that we really haven’t got a handle on the diagnosis and treatment of back pain...
Does a standing desk help to prevent back pain?
Are you reading this while standing at your desk?..
Five myths about lower back pain
Lower back pain is the greatest source of global disability, ahead of nearly 300 other conditions, leading to huge levels of healthcare costs and suffering...
Doctors ignore ‘invisible’ back pain
Millions of people with back pain are being dismissed by their GPs because the complaint is “invisible,” a new UK survey has found...
Can depression cause back pain?
People with depression are 60 percent more likely to develop low back pain in their lifetime, according to Australian research...
Doctors at Sydney's Royal Nth Shore Hospital have carried out a world-first procedure...
Epidural corticosteroid injections are a common treatment for back pain...
