The Truth Behind Lower-Back Dimples: Beauty Myth or Anatomy Fact? They’re easy to miss — two small indentations restin ...

Rib cage stiffness goes largely unnoticed because it develops gradually. With easy daily exercises, you can restore healthy motion and relieve or prevent back pain.

In the NFL, we used to refer to the muscles we could see as "Show Muscles" and the ones we couldn't as "Go Muscles." Training the back and posterior chain is fundamental, so I want to take a deep dive ...

Lower spine pain can develop due to sprains and strains of muscles or changes to the discs in the lower back. Conditions that affect the facet joints of the vertebrae may also cause lower spine pain.

Lower back pain ranks among the most common health complaints worldwide, affecting people of all ages and activity levels. Whether you’re experiencing a dull, persistent ache or sharp, sudden twinges, ...

Sarah Jividen, RN, BSN, is a trained neuro/trauma, and emergency room nurse turned healthcare writer. As a journalism major, she combined her love for writing with her passion for high-level patient ...

Lower back and hip pain is common. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 619 million people live with lower back pain and it’s the leading cause of disability worldwide. But ...

An estimated 80% of the population will suffer from lower back pain at some point. The good news is that preventing it is a lot easier than treating it Read more in The way you move series Getting out ...

Running is not typically related to higher-than-usual incidences of lower back pain. However, excessive running without sufficient recovery time, improper running form, and other factors may ...

Waking up with a stiff, aching lower back can turn every morning into a painful struggle. The hours spent lying in bed should provide healing and restoration, but the wrong mattress transforms sleep ...

Figuring out how to sleep with lower back pain can feel impossible. The tossing and turning, the struggle to find a comfortable position and the frustration of waking up feeling even worse than before ...

In a recent study, participants who walked five times a week were 28 percent less likely to have a recurrence of their lower back pain. A team of researchers in Australia recently found that regular ...