Recent Researches for Lower Back Pain

Spine is the most important part of our body that has added flexibility and freedom of movement to our routine activities. It is that part of the body on which our whole skeleton is based. Lower back is particularly the most important yet sensitive area. It can be easily damaged especially its lowest area such as l4 and l5 discs, which are commonly disrupted leading to l4 and l5 back pain. Latest research shows that 5 out of 10 people are suffering from back pain.

Latest Updates on Lower Back or L5 Back Pain

Due to continuous increase in patients suffering from l5 back pain, scientists are doing research on various aspects of this problem and they have also found some positive results in getting rid of lower back pain. The following are details about some of the research along with the results.

Don’t Put on Heavy School Bags (2011)

During a research in the USA, doctors concluded that l5 back pain can be caused due to heavy school bags carried by children. These bags are full of books, lunch boxes, water bottles and other stationary. The continuous use of back bags may start causing vertebral compression which leads to l5 back pain in coming years.

Epidural Steroid Injections are not Effective  (May, 2011)

According to a research published in May, 2011 done by the Department of Neurosurgery, John Hunter Hospital Newcastle Bone and Joint Institute, epidural injections are not effective in treating l5 back pain if there is severe nerve compression. This shows that steroid injections should only be used after confirming that there is no nerve compression in the back.

Spinal Manipulative Therapy is a Waste of Time (February, 2011)

According to a research completed in February 2011 by the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Netherland, spinal manipulative therapy has very little effect on lower back pain but there is no clinical proof that SMT can remove l5 back pain. Many people who waste their time and money on SMT should perform regular exercises or yoga because research has proved that there is there is no difference between results of exercise and spinal manipulative therapy in relieving l5 back pain.

Massage Therapy is Effective in Relieving the L5 Back Pain (2011)

Group Health Research Institute and the University of Washington in Seattle, the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, and the University of Vermont in Burlington have done various researches on the effect of massage therapy and all of these researches have shown the same results. The results of their studies show that massage therapies are very helpful in relieving l5 back pain as it relaxes the body muscles.

Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery  (MISS) versus Traditional  Miscrodiscectomy (February, 2011)

According to one of the researches conducted by the surgeons of Netherland, minimally invasive spinal surgery gives the worst results when dealing with l5 back pain. In this research, they did a comparison between MISS and traditional miscrodiscetomy and found that the patients who had undergone through MISS complained of an increase in the intensity of their back pain as well as in leg pain while the other patients got rid of l5 back pain after traditional treatment.

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