A review of studies on the effectiveness of muscle rubs has found that these topical treatments aren't always the best choice for treating pain. The review by researchers at the Cochrane Library compared the effectiveness of rubefacients--topical rubs that cause skin redness by dilating the capillaries and increasing blood flow--to topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). All of these treatments contained salicylate, a close drug relative of aspirin. The investigators found that...
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A North Carolina study finds that the rate of chronic low back pain has more than doubled in that state since the early 1990s -- a statistic the... Read more »
Source: eOrthopod
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