Prevent Back Pain: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
The best way to prevent back pain is to keep your back muscles strong. It’s much easier to prevent a back injury than to live with back pain.... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
About Chiropractic and Its Use in Treating Low-Back Pain
While there are some differences in beliefs and approaches within the chiropractic profession, this Research Report will give you a general overview of chiropractic, discuss scientific research findin... Details >
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health |
Back Injury Prevention
Also available in: Spanish
This fact sheet includes strategies for preventing back injuries and maintaining good back health. Weight control, maintaining good posture during work and rest, and proper positioning while performi... Details >
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Backpack Strategies for Parents and Students 
Parents can take steps to help children load and wear backpacks the right way to avoid health problems.
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American Occupational Therapy Association |
Don't Let Back Pain Get You Down: Learn How to Minimize Your Risk
About 80% of the population develops back problems at some time in their lives. When you do battle with Old Man Winter, or tackle any other kind of heavy lifting at home or on the job, do everything y... Details >
National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Find a Doctor of Chiropractic
Looking for a chiropractor in your area? Patients visiting this site can find instructions about how to use the database to find one.... Details >
American Chiropractic Association |
Frequently Asked Questions About Chiropractic
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) receives many questions about chiropractic. This page provides answers to the most commonly asked questions, including what conditions chiropractors treat, ... Details >
American Chiropractic Association |
How to Prevent Back Pain
Four out of five adults will experience significant low back pain sometime during their life. Learn what you can do to prevent back injuries.... Details >
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
How to Take Care of Your Back
Also available in: Chinese-Simplified Chinese-Traditional
This brochure suggests ways to take care of your back, including exercise, maintain a healthy body weight, and good posture.... Details >
Chinese Community Health Resource Center |
Low Back Pain
Also available in: Spanish
Low back pain is one of the most frequent problems treated by orthopaedic surgeons. Four out of five adults will experience significant low back pain sometime during their life.... Details >
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
Low Back Pain Exercise Guide
Regular exercises to restore the strength of your back and a gradual return to everyday activities are important for your full recovery. Your orthopaedic surgeon and physical therapist may recommend t... Details >
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
Low Back Pain: Tips on Pain Relief and Prevention
Many things can cause low back injuries--muscle strain or spasm, sprains of ligaments (which attach bone to bone), joint problems or a "slipped disk." The most common cause is using your back muscles ... Details >
American Academy of Family Physicians |
Physical Therapists Offer Snow Shovelers Advice to Avoid Injuries
With weather experts predicting a repeat of last winter’s colder-than-normal temperatures and heavy snowfalls in many parts of the U.S., the American Physical Therapy Association is concerned about re... Details >
American Physical Therapy Association |
Pull Your Weeds, Not Your Back, To Make Your Garden Grow
This mini-fact sheet provides advice on how to enjoy gardening without causing injury to your back. Contains a set of "garden fitness stretches" you can do to alleviate muscle pain after a day spent i... Details >
American Chiropractic Association |
Spinal Manipulation for Low-Back Pain
This fact sheet summarizes the current scientific knowledge about the effects of spinal manipulation on low-back pain.
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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health |
Test Your Back Health IQ
Find out what you know about back health.... Details >
American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |