chronic back pain

by University of Colorado Anschutz edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin  Editors’ notes  The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People with chronic back pain process everyday sounds differently, and more intensely, than people without pain, according to new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz. Published in Annals of Neurology, the study is […]

Psychological therapy that changes an individual’s beliefs about pain can provide lasting relief for chronic back pain (CBP), long-term follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial showed. More than half of those who received the brain-focused pain reprocessing therapy (PRT) reported being nearly or completely pain-free 5 years later, outperforming placebo and usual care. While

by Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia University edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan   Example of MF and ES muscle (a) ROI definition and (b) 3D volume computation. Credit: Scientific Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-00210-3 A new Concordia study suggests that aquatic therapy for individuals with chronic low back pain can do more than strengthen the muscles around the spine. It

by Friederike Fellenberg, NAKO Gesundheitsstudie edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin MRI-Based Analysis of Intermuscular Adipose Tissue (InterMAT) and Lean Muscle Mass (LMM) in Chronic Back Pain (CBP) using data from the German National Cohort (NAKO). Credit: The Lancet Regional Health – Europe (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101323 Back pain affects more than 80 million people in Europe and