Introduction: The incidence of low-back pain during pregnancy is very common. Deep tissue massage is an effective therapy relieving subacute and chronic low back pain. Purpose: To evaluate if a deep tissue massage is beneficial for low back pain and functional capacity of pregnant women. Methods: A woman, aged 28, with low back pain went under deep tissue massage tretmant which consisted of spe...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of consecutively supervised core stability training on postural control and functional disability in female patients with non-specific chronic low back pain. Methods: Twenty nine female participants with non-specific chronic low back pain participated in the study. They were randomly divided into two groups: experimental group (10 ...

Introduction: In recent years balloon kyphoplasty has become increasingly implemented in the treatment of vertebral compression fractures and has been shown to be safe and efficacious at long term follow up particularly for patients with metastatic disease to the spine. At Waikato hospital, New Zealand, we looked at our outcomes compared with current literature. Methods: All patients who underw...