Post-Discectomy: A New Repair
Emerging novel techniques to address intervertebral disc degeneration.
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Manage Longstanding Low Back Pain by Spending Time in Nature
Study Overview The article “Being away from everything”: Exploring the importance of access to nature for individuals living with chronic low back pain, published in the Journal of Pain, investigates how nature can aid in managing chronic low back pain (cLBP). It involved ten semi-structured interviews with people averaging 50.1 years old and living with…
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Chronic Low Back Pain, Bacterial Infection, and Antibiotic Treatment
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a leading cause of disability globally, affecting millions and posing significant challenges to healthcare systems due to its complex aetiology and limited effective treatments (Gilligan et al., 2021). Recent research has sparked debate by suggesting that low-grade bacterial infections, particularly involving Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes), may contribute to CLBP…
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Antibiotics For Low Back Pain?
Persica Pharmaceuticals has developed PP353, an intradiscal injection designed to treat chronic low back pain linked to bacterial infections, particularly cases associated with Modic changes (pathological alterations in vertebrae seen on MRI). PP353 combines: Recent Study & Findings Potential Impact
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Low Back Pain Could Affect How We Eat
A recent study by Lin et al. uncovered a relationship between longstanding low back pain and a preference for fat-rich foods. The authors found that the nucleus accumbens may be linked to the change in eating behaviour. The nucleus accumbens is a part of the brain that plays an important role in reward and pleasure…
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Atherosclerosis and Low Back Pain
Atherosclerosis is well-known for its role in the development of coronary heart disease and stroke. The vascular occlusion that it causes leads to the infarction of heart and brain tissue. But coronary and cerebral blood vessels are by no means the only vessels that become clogged by atheromatous plaques. In 1993, Kauppila et al., from…
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Yoga Beneficial For Longstanding Low Back Pain
Last month Groessl et al., from the San Diego School of Medicine, published the results of their study examining the benefits of yoga on military veterans with chronic low back pain. Of the 150 participants in the study, 35% were unemployed or disabled and the mean back pain duration was 15 years. The mean age…
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Paracetamol Ineffective For Back Pain And Osteoarthritis
Most of us have us have used paracetamol at some point in our lives, whether to bring down a fever, for a headache, joint pain or some other painful condition. In fact, if we have a look in our medicine cabinets we’ll probably find a box…or two! Machado et al. from George Institute for Global Health…
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What Triggers Low Back Pain?
A study published this month in Arthritis Care and Research by Daniel Steffens et al. from the University of Sydney has looked at the risk factors that could lead to acute low back pain. Acute low back pain is back pain that comes on suddenly and resolves after a few days or weeks as…
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MBT: To Wear Or Not To Wear?
Ever wondered whether MBT shoes really work? Well, a study was commissioned by companies that manufacture rocker sole shoes. The research was carried out by a team of physiotherapists from King’s College London. 115 people with chronic low back pain (CLBP) were randomly split into 2 groups; one was asked to wear rocker shoes for…