Lumbar Spine

After an acute painful soft-tissue injury, why do some fully recover while others go on to develop persistent pain despite the resolution of the original injury? That is certainly a complex [...]

Over the last several decades, the use of opioids has increased dramatically as millions of adults are prescribed long-term opioid therapy for their chronic pain. Due to their potential adverse [...]

I have heard of PTs who are adamant about ultra-sounding patients with acute & chronic low back pain (LBP). Do some just wish to ignore conclusions by the Cochrane review board? “The evidence [...]

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How I wish my VOMIT poster was no longer needed! This recent study (Rajasekaran et al 2021) investigated the difference in patient outcomes when those with low back pain were randomized to [...]

A person hurts their back, waits a couple of days and then decides to go to see their family doctor. They are most likely prescribed NSAIDs and then either referred to PT or told to wait a few [...]

You see a patient who tells you that they’ve had 5 years of low back pain (LBP); based on the latest evidence what’s your best management strategy? (A) The McKenzie approach that focuses on [...]

If you sit for any amount of time whether in front of a desk, on a couch, in a car or a plane, we all at some point experience some degree of discomfort until we fidget and move around. For the [...]

Lifting is a common risk factor for the development of low back pain (LBP) and for decades it has been believed that lifting with a flexed lumbar spine was the cause. Thousands of information [...]