People with chronic back pain process everyday sounds differently, and more intensely, than people without pain, according to ...

Chronic back pain changes brain responses, making everyday sounds feel more distressing than physical pressure.

The study, published in Annals of Neurology, links this increased sound sensitivity to measurable differences in brain ...

Chronic back pain causes the brain to amplify everyday sounds, but Pain Reprocessing Therapy can "turn down the volume." ...

The big takeaway is that chronic back pain appears to be a whole-brain, whole-body sensitivity disorder—not just localized to one physical site—and that psychological treatments targeting the brain’s ...

The results showed clear differences between people with chronic back pain and those without pain. On average, people with ...

About two years ago I wrote a column in the Kitsap Sun designed to be a public service announcement, highlighting several shortcomings of diagnostic imaging (like x-rays, MRIs, etc.) for back pain.

Most of us through middle back pain at some point in our lives – for women, it could be during menstruation, pregnancy or hormonal shifts, and for men (and women at other times) it could be due to ...

After months of uncertainty, Olivia finally got answers about her back pain. Read her inspiring story about choosing diagnostic imaging and receiving results she could actually understand, preparing ...

Vertebrogenic pain is a type of chronic (ongoing) pain in your lower back caused by damage to vertebral endplates. An endplate is a layer of bone and cartilage at the top and bottom of each of your ...