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- Title
Easing Chronic Low-Back Pain with Complementary Therapies.
- Authors
Hart, Jane
- Abstract
The article focuses on the use of complementary medicine for the treatment of chronic low back pain. It mentions the estimation of people who experience the disease where 80 percent of people seek for therapies. It cites various factors affecting the development of chronic back pain which include aging, postural habits, and lifestyle. It mentions several researches on therapies which offer inconsistencies on recommendations such as acupuncture, massage, and mind-body method.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of backaches; CHRONIC pain treatment; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE medicine; LUMBAR pain; MANIPULATION therapy; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MIND &; body therapies; SPINAL adjustment
- Publication
Alternative & Complementary Therapies, 2010, Vol 16, Issue 6, p334
- ISSN
1076-2809
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/act.2010.16604