When the risks of taking prescribed opioids outweigh the benefits, it’s time to reduce your dose or stop. New research shows how to do this safely.
- Professor, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney
Em um novo estudo, descobrimos que um programa que combina caminhada e educação pode reduzir efetivamente a recorrência da dor lombar.
In a new study, we found that a program combining walking and education can effectively reduce the recurrence of low back pain.
Musk has recommended people experiencing severe neck and back pain should consider disc replacement surgery. Here’s what the research says.
The most common complaint among people with chronic pain is low back pain. Here’s what treatments do – and don’t – work.
Opioids are the one of the most prescribed pain-relief for people with low back and neck pain. But new research shows they don’t effectively relieve low back or neck pain and can result in worse pain.
A one-dimensional approach to reducing opioid use isn’t favoured by health care professionals or patients.
Rates of spinal fusion surgery for back pain are on the rise. This is despite little evidence that it’s an effective procedure and studies showing many will have revision surgery within ten years.
Opioids should only be considered in limited circumstances for low back pain.
Prescriptions of the drug pregabalin to treat sciatica have skyrocketed in recent years. But a new study shows it brings only side effects, and not relief for sufferers.
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