Most people with acute low back pain are back at work within a month and fully recover within a few months. According to one study, about a third of patients with uncomplicated low back pain significantly improved after a week; two-thirds recovered by 7 weeks.
However, studies now suggest that up to 75% of patients suffer at least one recurrence of back pain over the course of a year. After 4 years, fewer than half of patients may be symptom-free. Some doctors are approaching the...
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According to statistics from the American Pain Association, 26 million Americans ages 20 to 64 suffer from ongoing back pain. While many of these... Read more »
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Researchers have developed a treatment called Orthokine therapy that they say can ease back pain. In this new treatment, doctors take blood from... Read more »
CINCINNATI (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Tom Hensley loves being outdoors with his wife. But a stroke four years ago paralyzed his left arm. And... Read more »
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Medication, physical therapy, acupuncture. Youve tried them all, yet the back pain lingers! Is... Read more »