Keeping hips and knees at a 90-degree angle and using back support may help alleviate lower back pain. It is best to avoid slumped positions and sitting cross-legged for long periods. A person may be ...

First, do the compression test in the video to determine if compression on your spine increases your pain levels. TEST: Sit on a chair without any arms. Flex or bend your back forward, and then grab ...

Facet joint pain, also called facet joint disease or facet syndrome, develops when the facet joints begin to cause pain. The facets are the joints in the spine that link the bones that make up the ...

In our modern, technology-driven world, many of us spend huge chunks of our day sitting. Be it at the office or working remotely from home. Our daily work habits can negatively affect our spine, ...

The longstanding advice to "sit up straight" has been turned on its head by a new study that suggests leaning back is a much better posture. Researchers analyzed different postures and concluded that ...

Lower back pain when sitting is common, as this position puts more pressure on your spine than standing up or lying down. Lower back pain when sitting can also be exacerbated by poor posture, sciatica ...

Although many mainstream medical organizations such as the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic consider inversion therapy to be a largely unproven alternative medical treatment, many people still ...

Nachiappan Chockalingam receives funding from the European Commission, British Council, ISPO and Innovate UK. He is affiliated with AgeUK Staffordshire, Bionic Charity and Human Study AV. He consults ...