It’s the leading cause of disability and one of the most costly health challenges of our time: chronic lower back pain. Yet effective and safe treatments are few and far between, leading patients to ...

When was the last time you fully trained your entire core? Not just your lower abs, upper abs, or obliques, each strengthened by crunches, leg lifts and planks, but your lower back muscles, too? While ...

Exercise can help improve flexibility and strengthen muscles to decrease lower back pain. Chair stretches are a safe option for people who have difficulty standing. Yoga can help relieve back pain and ...

Oluseun Olufade, MD, is an Orthopedic Surgeon and Assistant Professor of Orthopedics at the Emory School of Medicine. Rest and changes in activity can help treat back spasms that cause lower back pain ...

Katrina Carter, DPT, FNS, is a licensed travel physical therapist. She specializes in orthopedics and has a passion for providing education on nutrition for healing and overall health and wellness.

If you have yet to experience back pain, the odds are sadly stacked against you. According to World Health Organization data, most people will experience low back pain at some point in their lives.

If you're looking to spend less money on housing costs each month, modifying your mortgage payments could help. Last year, more than 65% of Americans were homeowners, and for many, mortgages accounted ...

Robin has worked as a credit cards, editor and spokesperson for over a decade. Prior to Forbes Advisor, she also covered credit cards and related content for other national web publications including ...

About 70% of college students rely on loans to finance their education, according to the Urban Institute. And while federal student loans offer lower rates and more hardship relief options, they're ...