The NHS has issued an urgent message to anyone suffering from back pain , warning that specific symptoms require immediate medical attention to prevent permanent damage. While most back issues resolve ...

About 80% of us will experience lower back pain in our lifetimes, according to Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. The condition is, thankfully, “rarely” a sign of anything serious – but it can ...

More than 15 million prescriptions for amitriptyline are issued in the UK in a year, mainly to deal with chronic pain conditions ...

Chronic low back pain significantly affects quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Back pain makes it difficult to ...

Among the myriad of medical treatments for low back pain—a leading cause of disability that affects more than 600 million ...

It's an ache that most of us will suffer at some point - and for millions, it can be relentless. Globally, more than 600 million adults experience some form of back pain, making it the leading cause ...

Martin Underwood is chief investigator or co-investigator on multiple previous and current research grants from the UK National Institute for Health Research, and is a co-investigator on grants funded ...