A new study done by Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center has found that yoga may be more effective than traditional treatments in alleviating back pain, especially in minorities.

There’s a new, all-natural tool in the fight against sore muscles for marathoners and other athletes: cherries. Recent research has found that drinking tart cherry juice may help runners recover more quickly and effectively reduce post-race pain.

Soaking up some rays may help some people to relieve an aching back. Researchers say many chronic back pain sufferers have insufficient amounts of vitamin D.

Researchers at Yale University School of Medicine say a special form of acupuncture can help reduce the back and pelvic muscle pain many pregnant women suffer from.

Looking for all-natural muscle pain relief? A decades’ old home remedy is effective in soothing away aches, pains and joint stiffness.

With recent media attention over an FDA advisory panel’s decision to limit the contents of some opiate-based pain medicines, as well as proposed bans for Percocet and Vicodin, Americans who have used these medications for chronic, and painful, conditions may be looking for alternative treatments.

Americans who suffer from muscle pain may want to consider including alternative treatments to remedy the pain after an FDA advisory panel recommended lowering the maximum dosages of popular pain relievers due to concerns over liver damage.

One hospital is advocating the benefits of one alternative treatment, aromatherapy, with a workshop set to educate Chicago-area residents about the benefits of bath salts and essential oils.

Finding ways to limit chronic pain using supplements or other treatments could help reduce symptoms of depression, according to new research that supports the idea that each condition can contribute to the other’s development.

For diabetics who may already be worrying about maintaining lower blood sugar, one supplement could help reduce the effects of another symptom of the condition: neuropathic pain.