Back Pain News

Continuing legacy: Dr. Bryan Staker, left, is joined by his father Dr. Bryce Staker and Dr.

A RADICAL attempt by chiropractors to treat patients in hospital emergency departments faces fierce opposition from doctors.

A chiropractic practice with clinics in Truro and Mawnan Smith has been awarded an award for quality.

You've probably heard of the link between calcium and osteoporosis. Your skeletal system holds the vast majority of calcium in your body.

NEW YORK: A person's genetic makeup may play an important role in the odds of suffering neck or back pain, new research suggests.

The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched a new publication to support the NHS in improving community-based access to specialist services for patients suffering from musculoskeletal conditions such as chronic back pain, osteoporosis and other bone, joint, spinal and muscular diseases.

If you haven't already, it's time to remove sit-ups from your exercise routine. A stalwart of the 1960s, '70s and '80s, sit-ups were originally touted as the exercise of choice for whittling excess inches off the waistline.

On Monday, Nov. 2, KATU is devoting a segment of its newscasts to an issue many if not all of us deal with every day: pain.

They connect the skull above with the chest and thoracic spine below. Because there is such a great degree of mobility of the cervical spine, it is subject to many types of injuries.

People who exercise are often healthier, happier and live longer than those who don't. But if you have joint pain due to arthritis, you may argue that your condition is the reason you don't exercise.

Acupuncture, not pain pills that "make me loopy," is what Cynde Durnford-Branecki wants for her aching back, and a treatment costs her only a $20 copayment.

Low back pain is experienced by approximately 80% of the population said Dr. David Gryfe , a chiropractor at the Humber Family Chiropractic Centre .

Back pain is suffered by as much as 3 in 4 people. It can make the simplest of tasks, such as getting out of bed, a painful experience.

Nature's Kiss co-owner Colin Gordon lights up in the Englewood dispensary's smoking room.

WEST ISLIP, NEW YORK. October 20, 2009 - " As Long Island's premier neurosurgical group, South Shore Brain and Spine is pleased to join the new Spine Center Excellence Program of the premier online education destination for patients with back pain and neck pain, Spine-health.com. With the goal of informing patients of the best spine center ...

In this month's Truth About series we look at one Anti-Aging technique: Chiropractic Care.

You guessed it...chiropractic health care treats your spine and other musculoskeletal disorders with a hands on, drug free approach for allowing the body to heal itself.

Dr. Ian Miller of Grossbeak Chiropractic and Massage informs the residents of Mississauga and surrounding areas that his clinic offers more than just traditional chiropractic adjustments.

Arthritis pain can affect nearly every aspect of an arthritis sufferera TMs life a 'whether ita TMs how they feel at work to the activities they choose to do at home.

Question: My doctor said my severe back pain is from a spine fracture. How are these treated? Answer: Vertebral compression fractures often occur in people with osteoporosis, a condition marked by a decrease in the amount of bone tissue.