Treatment for neck pain includes manual therapy combined with exercise. Manual therapy consists of hands-on techniques used to mobilise or manipulate soft tissues, joints, or nerves. The exercise ...

Data sources Electronic databases: AMED, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, MEDLINE, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, PsycINFO, Scopus and SPORTDiscus. Eligibility ...

Neck pain and stiffness can have many causes, but in most cases, the pain is a symptom of tight, tired, or injured muscles. However an accident can lead to neck pain, as can poor posture and arthritis ...

If you participate in a combat sport, you need to prepare your body for the demands you will place on it. What part of the body is the most important to protect? The brain has to be high on the list.

For thousands of years, humans have hunched over to light fires, care for our children and harvest plants. But the modern version of this position — curving forward from focus or fatigue, then lifting ...

A new review shows that targeting exercises to muscles that support and control the spine offers another strategy to reduce pain and disability caused by lower back pain. A new Cochrane Review ...

Motor control exercises (MCEs) may help reduce pain and disability caused by chronic lower back pain (LBP), but so may other exercise interventions, a new literature review suggests. "Targeting the ...

Objective To compare the short-term, mid-term and long-term effects between three interventions (education only, education and strengthening exercises, education and motor control exercises) for ...

A new Cochrane Review published today shows that targeting exercises to muscles that support and control the spine offers another strategy to reduce pain and disability caused by lower back pain.