When alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin casually dropped a video showing what she jokingly called her “back abs,” the internet predictably lost its collective mind. The clip shows etched lines and ...

Just living life can feel like backbreaking work sometimes: shoveling snow, lifting a suitcase, assembling furniture. And data show it’s hurting a lot of us: Lower back pain is the leading cause of ...

Back pain is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. Recent research reveals how much time you should spend walking on a daily basis to prevent it. Chronic back pain is a serious health ...

Back pain is wrapped in persistent myths, but many are far from the truth. From misconceptions about heavy lifting and bed rest to confusion over posture, exercise, and surgery, Dr. Meghan Murphy ...

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 ...

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 ...

Walking every day could be the simplest and most effective way to prevent chronic lower back pain. A large study involving over 11,000 people found that walking more — not faster — reduces the risk of ...

Quivering on a vibration plate—a wobbly board that shimmies your whole body when you stand on it—is 2025’s answer to the Shake Weight of the early aughts (minus the sexy innuendo). Instead of ...

A type of psychotherapy called cognitive functional therapy (CFT) could help give people with chronic low back pain lasting relief for at least three years. This is the conclusion of a study led by ...

It’s quite disc-ouraging, really. Most Americans will experience back pain at some point — and many times it’s not a result of injury or illness. Seemingly simple, everyday tasks can cause or ...

Now, there’s another reason to go for that long walk on the beach. A long time spent walking each day may reduce the risk of back pain, a new study suggests. The key word here is “long.” People who ...