Back pain (Latin: dorsalgia) is pain felt in the back. It may be classified as neck pain (cervical), middle back pain (thoracic), lower back pain (lumbar)...

Low back pain or lumbago is a common disorder involving the muscles, nerves, and bones of the back, in between the lower edge of the ribs and the lower...

Middle back pain, also known as thoracic back pain, is back pain that is felt in the region of the thoracic vertebrae, which are between the bottom of...

by numerous other spinal problems. Neck pain may arise due to muscular tightness in both the neck and upper back, or pinching of the nerves emanating from...

Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant...

manipulation is effective, with the possible exception of treatment for back pain. A 2011 critical evaluation of 45 systematic reviews concluded that the...

myocardial infarction (heart attack), where pain is often felt in the left side of neck, left shoulder, and back rather than in the thorax (chest), the site...

back and creates a central area of recession. The breadth of the back is created by the shoulders at the top and the pelvis at the bottom. Back pain is...

Pain management is an aspect of medicine and health care involving relief of pain (pain relief, analgesia, pain control) in various dimensions, from acute...

adults with chronic low-back pain found unclear evidence of effect. A 2009 review concluded the same for subacute low back pain. A 2015 review found consistent...

Sciatica is pain going down the leg from the lower back. This pain may go down the back, outside, or front of the leg. Onset is often sudden following...

The pain relief paracetamol provides in osteoarthritis is small and clinically insignificant. The evidence in its favor for the use in low back pain, cancer...

applied with therapeutic intent, most commonly for the treatment of low back pain. Clinical guidelines from different countries come to different conclusions...

associated with constant lower back pain during the day, with peak pain occurring during the night and in the morning, coupled with back stiffness. Modic changes...

musculoskeletal pain. It may be used together with rest, physical therapy, and pain medication. It is less preferred in low back pain. It has limited...

BackCare (previously the National Back Pain Association and the Back Pain Research Association) is a British medical research charity organisation that...

be used in seizure-prone individuals. In low back pain, thiocolchicoside is efficacious in reducing pain intensity, improving physical flexibility as...

Chronic pain or chronic pain syndrome is a type of pain that is also known by other titles such as gradual burning pain, electrical pain, throbbing pain, and...

associated with lower back pain. Causes of pain around the hip joint may be intra-articular, extra-articular, or referred pain from neighboring structures...

with low back pain. The dysfunction can be caused by inhibition of pain by the spine. The dysfunction frequently persists even after the pain has disappeared...

the spine joins the pelvis. With AS, eye and bowel problems—as well as back pain—may occur. Joint mobility in the affected areas sometimes worsens over...

infection Low back pain Kidney pain (kidney stone, kidney cancer, hydronephrosis) Ureteral stone pain Abdominal pain can be referred to as visceral pain or peritoneal...

caused by excessive strain or trauma to the spine. It may result in back pain, pain or sensation in different parts of the body, and physical disability...

on neck pain as measured by clinical results. A 2015 review found that the evidence for electrotherapy in pregnancy-related lower back pain is "very...

A pain scale measures a patient's pain intensity or other features. Pain scales are a common communication tool in medical contexts, and are used in a...

evidence to support the use of Pilates to alleviate problems such as lower back pain. While studies have found that regular sessions improve balance, and can...

be pain in the inguinal area but no nausea or other symptoms. Back pain may be concurrent or absent and some patients have a long history of low back pain...

known as the cauda equina is damaged. Signs and symptoms include low back pain, pain that radiates down the leg, numbness around the anus, and loss of bowel...

low back pain, arthritis, and obesity. The primary symptom is hip pain, especially hip pain on the outer (lateral) side of the joint. This pain may appear...

Manipulative Treatment (OMT) techniques are most commonly used to treat back pain and other musculoskeletal issues.[non-primary source needed] Osteopathic...