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Back and Neck Pain News
July 24, 2023

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Your Thoughts Can Harm Your Neck and Back During Lifting Tasks

The mental distress of cognitive dissonance -- encountering information that conflicts with how we act or what we believe -- can lead to added pressure on the neck and low back during lifting and lowering tasks, new research ...

In 2050, Over 800 Million People Globally Estimated to Be Living With Back Pain

Study estimates there will be over 800 million cases of low back pain in 2050, a 36 percent increase from 2020. With an aging population, researchers say we must 'put the brakes' on low back pain cases before the burden becomes too great for our ...

Walking a Leashed Dog Associated With Risk of Traumatic Brain Injury Among Adults

Finger fracture, traumatic brain injury, and shoulder sprain or strain were the three most common injuries related to leash-dependent dog walking among adults treated in U.S. emergency rooms from 2001 to 2020. Researchers have found that traumatic ...

Spinal Cord Stimulation Doesn't Help With Back Pain, Says New Review

People with chronic back pain may turn to spinal cord stimulation to ease their pain, but a Cochrane Review found no sustained benefits to the surgery that outweigh the costs and ...
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Declines in Opioid Prescriptions for U.S. Patients With Cancer and Non-Cancer Pain, Study Shows

The number of privately insured adults in the United States prescribed opioid medications for cancer pain and for chronic non-cancer pain declined between 2012 and 2019, according to a new ...

Early Physical Therapy Associated With Less Health Care Resource Use for Patients With Acute Lower Back Pain

Early initiation of physical therapy (PT) for U.S. patients with acute lower back pain (LBP) was associated with less health care resource use in the first month and the first year after the initial ...

Researchers Looking for the Goldilocks of Exosuits

A research team studies exosuits, a wearable mobile machine that allows for limb movement with increased strength and ...

Preoperative Shear Wave Elastography Helps Predict Rotator Cuff Repair, Study Finds

Preoperative shear wave elastography (SWE) can play a complementary role with existing imaging as a prognostic marker for achieving successful rotator cuff repair, according to new ...

Coughing Downward Reduces Spread of Respiratory Droplets, Study Finds

Researchers show models driving how respiratory droplets fell from a mannequin inside a water tunnel, which was inclined at different angles to mimic a person going up and down stairs. Using glass ...

Soft Tissue Destruction and Lower Back Pain

Back pain affects many people at some point in their lives, and a common cause is damage to the squishy discs or flexible, rubbery tissues of the spine. However, observing this damage at an early ...

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Breakthrough Tool to Show How Much Exoskeletons Reduce Back Injury Risk

A study reveals a breakthrough tool to assess the effect of exoskeletons on injury risk. The tool, called Exo-LiFFT, is an interactive calculator that will help companies looking for ways to overcome ...

A Tough Attachment Between Rotator Cuff, Bone Achieved Through Unique Fibrous Architecture

Researchers used a novel imaging technique and discovered a previously unknown fibrous architecture between the rotator cuff tendons and their bony attachments in the ...

Smart Sensor Equipped Chair May Help Office Workers Reduce Their Back Pain Woes

The chair identifies sitting behavior associated with worsening low back pain, warning workers so they can get up and move around before the pain ...

Back Pain Common Among Astronauts Offers Treatment Insights for the Earth-Bound

As more people travel into space, experts expect more physicians will see patients with space travel-related ...

Back Pain: Psychological Treatment Shown to Yield Strong, Lasting Pain Relief, Alter Brain Networks

A study of chronic back pain patients finds that more than two-thirds of those who underwent a novel, 4-week psychological treatment were pain-free or nearly pain-free afterward. Those in the ...

Do Doctors Treat Pain Differently Based on Their Patients’ Race?

Physicians prescribed opioids more often to their white patients who complained of new-onset low back pain than to their Black, Asian and Hispanic patients during the early days of the national ...

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Starting Motions of Competitive Swimmers as They Enter the Water

Scientists studied the biomechanics of swimmer 'kickstarts' using force sensors and motion-capture cameras. They found that force exerted by the hands on the starting platform is ...

'Where Does It Hurt?' Predicts Chronic Pain Outcomes, Study Shows

Pain distribution as reported on a body map, on its own, can be used to assign patients to distinct subgroups that are associated with differences in pain intensity, pain quality, pain impact and ...

Lifting Advice Doesn't Stand Up for Everyone, Study Finds

Commonly accepted advice to keep a straight back and squat while lifting in order to avoid back pain has been challenged by new research. The research examined people who had regularly performed ...

Robotic Neck Brace Can Help Analyze Cancer Treatment Impacts

A new robotic neck brace may help doctors analyze the impact of cancer treatments on the neck mobility of patients and may help guide their ...

One in Five American Adults Experience Chronic Pain

Researchers report that 50.2 million (20.5 percent) U.S. adults experience chronic pain based on analysis of the new NHIS data. They estimated the total value of lost productivity due to chronic pain ...

New Proposal for the Management of Low Back Pain With a Proprioceptive Approach

Low back pain in the elderly is the result of poor 'proprioception,' or the body's ability to perceive its own position in space, caused by a deterioration of sensory receptors in ...

Womens' Pain Not Taken as Seriously as Mens' Pain

Researchers found that when male and female patients expressed the same amount of pain, observers viewed female patients' pain as less intense and more likely to benefit from psychotherapy ...

Radiological Images Confirm 'COVID-19 Can Cause the Body to Attack Itself'

Muscle soreness and achy joints are common symptoms among COVID-19 patients. But for some people, symptoms are more severe, long lasting and even bizarre, including rheumatoid arthritis flares, ...

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