Back Pain
Cognitive behavioural therapy improves sleep in people with chronic pain – new study
People with painful conditions such as arthritis and fibromyalgia could get a better night’s sleep through cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), says research in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
A team from the University of Warwick developed a scale that measures beliefs about pain and sleep, and examined overall quality of sleep in four groups of people who had long-term pain and bad sleeping patterns. Continue reading
Could mindfulness be effective in treating lower back pain?
A new study has compared mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) with usual care and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for long-term non-specific back pain. Continue reading
Facebook key to identifying thousands with inflammatory back pain, says study
Using Facebook to raise awareness about the symptoms of Inflammatory Back Pain (IBP) and the need to seek medical help early may reduce the delay in diagnosis and treatment.
The findings, presented at this year’s European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2016), suggest that Facebook advertising may be a more effective way of identifying IBP patients earlier than other approaches, including newspaper adverts. Continue reading
NICE updating 2009 guidelines for back pain management
A draft guideline from NICE on the management of back pain has been published for public consultation. The draft is updated guidance published in 2009 and recommends exercise, in all its forms, from stretching to strengthening, aerobic and yoga, as the first step to managing low back pain. Continue reading
Meditation and CBT ease lower back pain, according to new study
In a recent study both meditation and CBT as treatments for lower back pain were shown to be effective in alleviating back pain in a variety of age groups.
The research team, led by Dr Daniel Cherkin at Group Health Research Institute in Seattle, US, compared different approached to treating chronic lower back pain. For the study they enrolled 342 people, aged between 20 – 70 years old, who had back pain for more than three months that couldn’t be attributed to a specific cause. Continue reading
