Groundbreaking neurostimulation technology offers hope and healing for difficult-to-manage pain. Chronic low back pain, a formidable foe causing disability and soaring healthcare costs, now faces a ...

“This is a totally new way of treating back pain,” said Prentiss Lawson Jr., M.D., an associate professor in the UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and program director of the ...

Dr. Roach addresses chronic back pain devices and an undiagnosed illness, offering cautious guidance on both cases.

I’m a 77-year-old woman with degenerative disc disease. I had an L4 microdiscectomy surgery in 2020, but I still have chronic pain in my lower back. Although I do core strengthening exercises with ...

Both space and ageing can cause atrophy of a "forgotten" muscle.

Physicians at the UAB Pain Treatment Clinic are offering a new treatment for chronic low back pain. The treatment focuses on stimulating one of the key stabilizing muscles of the lumbar spine, the ...

Unfortunately, the published data supporting the use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation devices is not strong.

SLUMPING in front of the television or computer could deactivate muscles that support and protect your spine, triggering many otherwise inexplicable cases of lower back pain. A European Space Agency ...