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Can I return to sport and physical activity with a new joint?
Read moreA question that is not easy to answer, but at the same time is easy to understand. Sports and physical activity are of great importance to many…
Strength training for back pain - magic bullet or wishful thinking?
Read moreMuscle strength can be described as the ability of a skeletal muscle to overcome resistance through muscle contraction and thus generate movement. As…
When your lower back hurts again and again ...
Read moreDo you always have low back pain? Then you are one of many who suffer from it. But there are now new findings about the cause and treatment that may…
Combat neck pain effectively - the best way to do it
Read moreAfter lower back pain, neck pain is the most common pain. 45.7% of people in Germany have reported neck pain at least once in the last twelve months.…
The spine as a profit centre?
Read moreA recent evaluation by the German health insurer Techniker Krankenkasse of a special second opinion program before back operations shows that 88…
Running and back pain - a "love-hate relationship"?
Read moreRunning is one of the most popular sports worldwide. Although low back pain (LBP) is the most common musculoskeletal disorder in the population and in…
Randomised trials are not always the Holy Grail
Read moreEvidence is the base of medicine, but common sense is the salt of it (Slava Ryndine in Schein’s Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery).
Surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation no more effective than conservative treatment in competitive athletes.
Read moreAbout 75 percent of all competitive athletes are affected by a lumbar disc herniation during their career. Since a quick return to sports (RTS) is of…
Strength training as medicine? - Mind before Matter!
Read moreCorrectly performed and correctly dosed strength training that always takes into account the load capacity of joints is medicine for back and joint…
The power of pseudoscience - the threat of reputational damage to sport and therapy science as a discipline
Read moreThe rampant rise of pseudoscience with their "quick fix" solutions in healthcare is undermining meaningful long-term health promotion strategies and…