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The healthiest sleep positions help align your spine and improve breathing. Experts often recommend sleeping on your side or back for these reasons. Different positions, however, offer different health benefits. You may need to consider your overall health, pain points, and body type to find a sleep...

McKenzie exercises are designed to relieve low back pain and sciatica by targeting specific lumbar issues. Guided by a physical therapist, these exercises can help centralize pain and support recovery.

Walking in a warm pool provides buoyancy to support a large share of your body weight and significantly eases pressure on your spinal joints, discs, and nerves.

Here is a quick profile of the four main causes of chronic buttock pain, and quick self-checks to indicate what might be causing your symptoms.

Osteoporosis is more than just a general health concern; it’s a critical factor in spine health. During the National Spine Health Foundation’s Spine-Talks, Dr. Rita Roy and experts Dr. Ben Elder, Dr. Jason Savage, and Dr. Paul Anderson highlighted why spine specialists must consider bone health ...

Most conversations about chronic back pain focus on what can be done to the back: injections, imaging, medications, and procedures. These treatments matter, and for many people, they are essential. But there is another tool that rarely gets the attention it deserves, even though it is free, accessib...

Artificial intelligence could predict an individual office worker's risk of musculoskeletal injury in specific body parts, a study by QUT health and data scientists has found. The researchers looked at body-region-specific risk profiles and found that individual, physical and psychosocial factors co...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis that causes pain and stiffness, typically in your back and spine.1 Getting an early diagnosis can help you get treatment to slow its progression and manage your symptoms.

Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) generally suitable for short-term relief of low back pain. A person must not exceed 1,200 mg of ibuprofen per day for over-the-counter use unless a doctor advises it.

Most people experience numbness or the familiar pins-and-needles sensation from time to time. Often, it is harmless and occurs temporarily, because you have been sitting, standing or sleeping in a position that puts pressure on a nerve. However, these symptoms can sometimes signal an underlying medi...