Chronic back pain affects 50% of farmers, while other main causes of occupational ill health on farms are linked to manual handling, lung problems, infections and noise.

Pilates has proven benefits for sufferers of neurological conditions, as well as the more common postural alignment benefits.

Irish medical device company Mainstay Medical has identified Germany as the launch market, later this year, for its breakthrough treatment for chronic back pain.

Mainstay Medical, the Dublin healthcare firm on the verge of a breakthrough in chronic back pain treatment, is considering a further round of fundraising as it prepares its main product for market.

Motorhead had to call off their concert on Thursday after frontman Lemmy became ill on stage.

Dublin-based medical devices firm, Mainstay Medical has received a boost to its attempts to commercialise a breakthrough treatment for chronic back pain by securing $15m (€13m) in debt financing.

The cure to chronic back pain can be as easy as putting one foot in front of the other, according to Ireland’s top physio.

People with closer links to their ape ancestors may be more prone to a common cause of back pain, a study has shown.