In other words, patients with low back pain often also receive upper spinal manipulation for treatment. One could furthermore argue that manipulation is much safer than other treatment options such as ...

The surgeons he talked to suggested fusing the vertebrae in his lower spine to alleviate his back ... spinal fusion had a 64% success rate. Success was defined by a variety of measures, including ...

There can be many causes of back pain ... have severe pain and disability despite these treatments, there are options such as decompressive laminectomy, a procedure in which the spinal canal ...

Article continues below For chronic lower back pain - which is less severe but more constant - interventions shown to benefit some people were exercise, spinal manipulative therapy, use of ...

Five other treatments had good enough evidence to be considered effective at reducing chronic low back pain. These were exercise; spinal manipulation, like you might receive from a chiropractor ...

The pooled data analysis showed that compared with placebo, no non-pharmacological treatments and only NSAIDs emerged as effective for acute low back pain; exercise, spinal manipulation ...

Constipation could potentially cause lower back pain. In other cases ... A person with a history of spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, or surgery on the colon may also be more prone ...

"Cancers that directly affect your back can lead to back pain, e.g. spinal tumours." Spinal tumours and primary spinal cord tumours are very rare but can occur. They are often linked with pain ...

The pooled data analysis showed that compared with placebo, no non-pharmacological treatments and only NSAIDs emerged as effective for acute low back pain; exercise, spinal manipulation ...