In many cases, identifying the precise cause of back pain can be challenging, even after a clinical examination and imaging.

Are you just inserting needles as usual, thinking it's 'the same old low back pain'?'My back hurts.' There is no complaint ...

Lancet Rheumatology review urges clinical assessment and active management for non-specific back pain, reserving imaging for serious cases.

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Primary care doctors, rheumatologists, pain management specialists, and psychiatrists may be involved in helping individuals manage lower back pain. Lower back pain is a common and often debilitating ...

Although many options are available for the evaluation and management of low back pain, there has been little consensus about what works best. To address this issue, the American College of Physicians ...

Low back pain is one of the most common health problems in America. Nearly 80% of adults will experience significant back pain at some point, and up to 30% of those cases come from the sacroiliac ...

Back pain doesn’t always wait for a convenient time. You might wake up on Saturday and feel a sharp pull in your lower back ...

• Because no treatments for low back pain are clearly superior, patients should be engaged in shared decision-making about whether to consider nonpharmacologic, pharmacologic, or watchful waiting ...