Seven digital health technologies that could help millions of people with lower back pain have been recommended for NHS in draft guidance published by cost-effectiveness overseer NICE. An advisory ...

According to the NHS Long Term Plan, lower back pain is the biggest cause of disability and is thought to account for about 30% of musculoskeletal GP consultations every year. Figures from the Public ...

Although back pain is a common problem, this doesn’t mean that it’s something to be ignored. According to Matthew Piff, regional physiotherapy lead at Nuffield Health, “NHS figures show that back pain ...

Back pain is one of the most common reasons worldwide that people seek medical attention, and around eight in ten people will have back pain during their lives. The good news is, low back pain is ...

But if you’ve got a stabbing, shooting, or tingling pain in one leg, and/or weakness and numbness, you may have sciatica. The NHS says that one in 20 people with lower back pain go on to develop ...

"The pain got so agonising I was just screaming ... for treating first-time groin hernias. According to NHS Choices, 10% of hernias come back at some point after surgery. However, NHS England ...