Reverse lunges work your calves — the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles — located on the backs of your lower legs, according to Wickham and Snyder. They help push your body back up from the lowering ...

A U.S. Navy veteran who's broken seven world records says the key to staying strong and healthy as you age is consistency, recovery and smart training. At 38, Mike McCastle, a performance coach from ...

Tight hip flexors, especially a deep muscle called the psoas, can silently stress your spine. Here's why this muscle deserves more attention—and how to strengthen it. Lower back pain is often blamed ...

Gluing yourself to a chair or couch for prolonged periods can tighten the hip flexors (the muscles at the front of your hip that help lift your leg) while simultaneously weakening the glutes, Pavao ...

It's no secret that B vitamins are nutritionally important – they're necessary to process certain amino acids and manufacture red blood cells. Study after study has shown them to be power healers, ...

Ice therapy involves cooling the painful area of your back. It's helpful for acute (new or temporary) back pain. While it's helpful in the short term, long-term use of ice therapy may delay healing ...

If you have yet to experience back pain, the odds are sadly stacked against you. According to World Health Organization data, most people will experience low back pain at some point in their lives.

Should I try cannabis for my back pain? It's a question spine surgeon Richard Price says he gets at least several times a day from patients who come into his clinic. When Price finally dived into the ...

Epidural steroid shots for back pain had mixed results, an AAN review showed. The treatment demonstrated promising short-term benefits for radiculopathy patients. In other situations, benefits were ...

Whether it’s a dull, underlying ache in your spine or a piercing stab, chronic back pain affects roughly 1 in 4 Americans. UC San Francisco’s Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, Ph.D, neurologist and pain medicine ...

A drug derived from cannabis eases chronic lower back pain without serious side effects or signs of addiction, making it a potentially powerful alternative to existing pain medications. There are ...

Kieran O'Sullivan receives funding from the EU (Erasmus+) and the Irish Government (Research Ireland) for research on low back pain. He also receives honoraria and expenses for speaking about low back ...