The power of sound: repairing spinal discs with ultrasound

Friday 28th Mar 2025, 10.00am

Globally, more than 600 million people suffer from chronic back pain, and if you’re one of them, you know how debilitating it can be. What’s more, the conventional treatment options have their limitations: surgery is highly invasive and costly, and physiotherapy is used to manage symptoms rather than tackle the root cause. So, might there be another option? In this video, Dr Veerle Brans from Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science explains how ultrasound – which you might know from pregnancy scans – could hold the key to treating back pain in the future.