Training brain to communicate with the back can help alleviate back pain – study

Researchers in Australia examined whether ‘sensorimotor retraining’ could benefit people with chronic back pain (Alamy/PA)

“Retraining” the brain to communicate with the back can help alleviate chronic back pain, according to a study.

Teaching people how to think about their body in pain, how they process sensory information from their back and how they move their back during activities can help ease pain and improve quality of life, the authors said.