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Feature articles on back pain:

New Research: Yoga Better Than Western Medicine for Back Pain

9/8/2009 - (NaturalNews) According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), low back pain is an enormous health and economic problem in the U.S. In fact, Americans spend at least $50 billion annually on the condition. It's the most...

Fish Oil Relieves Joint and Back Pain, Reducing Need for NSAIDs

8/10/2009 - (NaturalNews) Fish oil contains two naturally occurring fatty acids, EPA and DHA. These fatty acids stimulate the body's anti-inflammatory processes and help relieve joint pain, much the same as NSAIDs and COX-2 inhibitors, but without the side effects....

Vitamin D Reduces Back Pain and Osteoporosis

6/13/2009 - (NaturalNews) Vitamin D is known to build strong bones. Research has now shown its effectiveness in reducing back pain as well as in preventing osteoporosis. Vitamin D is important in maintaining the healthy calcium and phosphorus levels that are needed...

Acupuncture Relieves Lower Back Pain Better Than Traditional Treatments

5/22/2009 - (NaturalNews) Acupuncture is an old eastern form of medicine. It deals with putting needles into specific points in the body to relieve pain or to help with other therapeutic purposes. According to Chinese medical theory, acupuncture points are located...

Acupuncture Beats Western Medicine for Treating Low Back Pain

5/11/2009 - (NaturalNews) The results of the largest randomized back pain trial of its kind shows acupuncture clearly helps people with chronic low back pain more than standard medical care. But the results of the SPINE (Stimulating Points to Investigate Needling...

Pilates Effective in Treating Low Back Pain

4/19/2009 - (NaturalNews) Many adults suffer from low-back pain at some point in their lives. In fact, low back pain is so prevalent that the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke lists low back pain as the number one cause of job disability in...

Bowen Therapy is Holistic, Non-Invasive and Effective

4/17/2009 - (NaturalNews) The therapist touches and lightly squeezes the migraine patient in a few places and then leaves the room for two minutes. He repeats this procedure for the entire 45-minute appointment. After several weeks of such sessions, the patient reports...

X-Rays, MRI Scans Useless for Back Pain

3/22/2009 - (NaturalNews) The use of MRIs, X-rays or CT scans provides no benefit in diagnosing patients with routine back pain, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the Oregon Health and Science University and published in the journal Lancet. "If...

Routine Imaging Scans for Lower Back Pain Found to be Unnecessary

2/24/2009 - (NaturalNews) Perhaps due to a combination of poor diets, sedentary lifestyles, desk-bound jobs and bad posture, back pain is one of the most common ailments to affect people in developed countries. A recent study has found that the routine use of scans...

Tests for Most Low-Back Pain Are Worthless

2/11/2009 - (NaturalNews) Suffering from pain in your lower back? You're not alone. According to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, low-back pain is the most common form of physical disability in the U.S. In fact, an estimated 80 percent...

New Book Reveals Why Your Dental Fillings, Earrings, Wristwatch and Jewelry May be the Hidden Cause Behind Chronic Pain and Muscle Weakness

1/29/2009 - (NaturalNews) A few years ago, before I wrote for NaturalNews, I met a woman who told me that she experienced an "overnight cure" for joint pain by having her dental fillings removed and replaced with porcelain. At the time, I thought the idea was crazy,...

Yoga Proven to Help Back Pain

1/28/2009 - (NaturalNews) Back pain is one of the top reasons that people take off work, and it keeps people from completely enjoying their life and doing many of their favorite activities. Fortunately, research shows that regular yoga sessions may be an effective...

Jesse Connone Talks About Treating the Symptoms and Fixing the Problem of Back Pain

10/24/2008 - (NaturalNews) This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Fountain of Youth Summit, which can be found at (http://fountainofyouthworldsummit.com) . In this excerpt, Jesse Connone shares on treating the symptoms of back pain versus fixing the problem. The...

Jesse Connone, of The Healthy Back Institute, Shares Why Back Pain Occurs

8/16/2008 - (NaturalNews) This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Fountain of Youth Summit, which can be found at (http://fountainofyouthworldsummit.com) . In this excerpt, Jesse Connone discusses the biggest mistake people with back pain make. The Fountain...

Treating the Symptoms and Fixing the Problem of Back Pain

8/12/2008 - (NaturalNews) This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Fountain of Youth Summit, which can be found at (http://fountainofyouthworldsummit.com) . In this excerpt, Jesse Connone shares on treating the symptoms of back pain versus fixing the problem. The...

Heal Back Pain With Supplements, Medication and Nutrition

7/25/2008 - (NaturalNews) This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Fountain of Youth Summit, which can be found at (http://fountainofyouthworldsummit.com) . In this excerpt, Jesse Connone shares on supplements, medication and nutrition for back pain. The...

Acupuncture Reduces Back Pain Better than Drugs, Exercise

1/7/2008 - (NaturalNews) Acupuncture provided relief and lasting benefit to nearly twice as many lower-back-pain patients as conventional pharmaceutical and exercise therapy, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers divided...

Chronic back pain linked to physical changes in the brain

3/1/2007 - (NaturalNews) A team of German researchers has linked chronic back pain to changes in the pain-processing areas of the brain. The research may yield new ways to treat the issue, which, according to the web site WebMD.com, affects 80 percent of Americans...

Exotic Cures: Devil’s Claw is God’s Gift for Back and Muscle Pain

2/5/2007 - Brazilians are using all sorts of plants and herbs to alleviate pains and strains. What’s “in vogue” today is an herb called garra do diabo, or devil’s claw (scientific name, Harpagophyitum procumbens). But don’t be startled by the name; it’s not what...

Ruptured disk surgery as effective as doing nothing, study finds

11/23/2006 - (NaturalNews) Patients suffering from ruptured disks in their lower backs tend to recover regardless of whether or not they opt to undergo back surgery, according to a new study appearing in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association...

Naturopathic Care and Low Back Pain (press release)

10/9/2006 - The Canada Post Corporation, comprised of Canada’s postal service and several joint ventures, has the nation’s sixth largest workforce, the majority of who are represented by a postal workers’ union. Being a postal worker entails not only the typical...

Water Aerobics Reduces Sick Leave for Pregnant Women (press release)

9/19/2006 - For women, lower back pain during pregnancy can interfere with work, daily activities and sleep. More than one third of women suffer from lower back pain while pregnant and in 10-15% of those cases the pain develops into a chronic condition. A recent...

Effectiveness of acupuncture for back pain increases with time

9/15/2006 - (NaturalNews) Patients with lower back pain seem to respond well to acupuncture, especially as time progresses, according to a study by researchers at the University of York, England. The report -- published in the British Medical Journal -- studied...

Low-level heat wrap therapy safely reduces low back pain and improves mobility in the workplace (press release)

8/31/2006 - The use of continuous low-level heat wrap therapy (CLHT) significantly reduces acute low back pain and related disability and improves occupational performance of employees in physically demanding jobs suffering from acute low back pain, according to...

Cognitive therapy as good as physical rehabilitation to treat chronic lower back pain (press release)

8/28/2006 - Training your mind might be just as effective as working your muscles to treat chronic lower back pain. A study published today in the open access journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders shows that therapy that helps chronic back pain sufferers overcome...

Acupressure Relieves Low Back Pain (press release)

8/21/2006 - Acupressure (applying pressure with the thumbs or fingertips to the same points on the body stimulated in acupuncture) seems to be more effective in reducing low back pain than physical therapy, finds a study published online by the BMJ today. Low...

Herbals Effective for Low-Back Pain in the Short Term, Studies Find (press release)

7/17/2006 - The herbal preparations devil's claw, white willow bark and cayenne plasters may be as effective as pain medication for short-term low back pain and are better than placebo, a new systematic review of studies has found. The review comprised 10 randomized...

Acupressure can prevent brain shrinkage in back pain sufferers (press release)

7/12/2006 - Current evidence suggests that suffering from back pain can actually shrink your brain. This is worrying because back pain is a common health problem worldwide. Back pain affects up to two-thirds of the adult population annually, which alone causes huge...

Alleviate backpack-induced back pain with the convenient, spine-friendly BackTPack

1/17/2006 - I just found a remarkable packing and travel product. This is an instant hit, and it's going on my A-List of recommended products. It's called the backTpack. It's not a backpack, but it serves the function of a backpack, only in a smarter way. The backTpack...

Unnecessary surgery exposed! Why 60% of all surgeries are medically unjustified and how surgeons exploit patients to generate profits

10/7/2005 - Every year millions of Americans go under the knife, but many of them are enduring great pain and shelling out thousands of dollars for surgeries they don't really need. In fact, the only people who seem to really benefit from these unnecessary medical...

Walking the talk: the true story of my transformation from obesity and chronic disease to outstanding health

1/20/2005 - I was recently talking to a reader of this site, and he was commenting on some of the pictures (body shots) that he'd seen of me on the website. He said to me, "You know, you were born that way! You're just one of those people that's naturally thin,...

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