Back Pain
Are anti-inflammatory drugs making back pain worse?
A new series of studies are questioning the conventional wisdom of using steroids and commonly used anti-inflammatory drugs to treat chronic back pain, suggesting they could instead prolong the pain… Audio
Mind your back: managing lower back pain
The Stratified Care Model for Management of Low Back Pain - or STarT Back, was developed at Keele University in the UK. It's a new model for getting on top of lower back pain which addresses patients… Audio
Bad back? Forget the drugs and the surgery
Recent research has found that scans, drugs and surgery tend to be a waste for time for a lot of back pain. Ben Darlow of the University of Otago discusses the latest findings. Audio
Outwitting the back pain industry
A back pain sufferer for years, journalist Cathryn Ramin decided to put her investigative reporting background to good use and delve into, what she calls, the back pain industry. Audio
What is the best way to treat back pain?
An Australian study has found that anti-inflammatory drugs, such as Ibuprofen, have little impact on lower back and neck pain. But many patients are still advised to take the drugs, and suffer further… Audio