Low back pain is an important cause of referrals in the primary care setting. Overall, 85% initial admissions are considered to be nonspecific low that resolves a few weeks without need for additional evaluation. Myofascial pain, lumbar disc herniation, spinal stenosis, facet joint and degeneration, sacroiliac pathologies common causes mechanical pain. Non-mechanical includes infections vertebr...

  Abdominal cystic lymphangioma is a rare benign neoplasm. Less than 1% of lymphangiomas is in the retroperitoneum. Lymphangioma is mostly asymptomatic. Chronic symptoms were reported in retroperitoneal type more than others. Acute symptoms due to complications like infection, cyst rupture or hemorrhage may occur. We report an 18-years-old girl with low back pain from 6 months ago with huge pel...

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to provide a narrative review of the current state of knowledge of the role of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in the management of chronic nonspecific back pain. METHODS A literature search on all studies published up until July 2012 (PubMed and PsycINFO) was performed. The search string consisted of 4 steps: cognitive behavioral therapy/treatment/manageme...

OBJECTIVE There is little high-quality evidence on the efficacy of the Pilates-based exercises for the treatment of chronic nonspecific low back pain. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to present a study protocol to investigate the efficacy of adding Pilates-based exercises to a minimum intervention in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. METHODS This randomized controlle...

OBJECTIVES To assess the efficacy of a prolotherapy injection and exercise protocol in the treatment of chronic nonspecific low back pain. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial with two-by-two factorial design, triple-blinded for injection status, and single-blinded for exercise status. SETTING General practice. PARTICIPANTS One hundred ten participants with nonspecific low-back pain of aver...