This article outlines strengthening and stretching exercises for the lower back. Together, these may help people minimize and manage lower back pain. The glute bridge works a person’s gluteus ...

Other treatments, like exercise therapy, were also ineffective for acute pain, despite their benefits for chronic pain. For chronic back pain, only five treatments had moderate-certainty evidence ...

The analysis found NSAIDs effective for acute low back pain vs. placebo, while non-drug treatments showed no significant ...

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Meanwhile, the research concluded that three treatments for acute low back pain (exercise, glucocorticoid injections, and acetaminophen) and two for chronic low back pain (antibiotics and ...

Lingering back pain is expensive to treat. It's also difficult to treat effectively. Here's our guide to managing the nagging ...

Exercise—especially programs tailored to ... and it likely does not improve how well you function if you have acute back pain. Traction, which involves stretching the spine using weights or ...

Researchers have reviewed non-drug and non-surgical treatments for low back ... reduces pain and improves function compared to placebo and no treatment or usual care. Likewise, exercise therapies ...

There was limited or inconsistent evidence on the cost-effectiveness of exercise therapy compared with usual care for neck pain and acute low back pain, other interventions for acute low back pain and ...

Three treatments for acute low back pain (exercise, glucocorticoid injections, and paracetamol) and two for chronic low back pain (antibiotics and anesthetics) showed no efficacy with moderate ...