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 ...

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

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 ...

Joint Pain and Arthritis Contrary to popular belief, people with arthritis benefit from movement. Low-impact exercises help ...

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 ...

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 ...

or acute, low back pain. 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 ...

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 ...