RELAX YOURSELF BY TREATING YOUR OWN BACK
In America today, lower back pain is the top 2 reason why people see their physician. Lower back pain usually originates from the muscles, nerves or spine. Symptoms like weakness in legs and feet, tingling sensation and a dull, sharp pain may be felt. Lower back pain is either acute (less than a month) or [...]
My roommate hurt her back by getting flipped over a couch and landing diagonally on her spine on the arm of the couch… it’s a university dorm so the arms are just wood. Anyway, she’s wondering what she could do to treat this since she won’t have access to physio for another week.
Harry Smith spoke with Dr. Norman Marcus about tips for preventing and easing back pain.
Sciatica pain relief in a few simple and very easy steps. If you know what to do, and most importantly, what to target, sciatica pain relief can be simple, easy and quick. I get two common questions in my practice about sciatica. If you know the answers to these will help you getting directions to [...]
My wife is suffering from lower back pain for past 3 months & still the pain persists. We had done aryurvedic treatment, but of no use. Then we went to a neurologist & now having his medicines. But still the pain persists. The pain started after doing some cleaning work at the house for a [...]
I wanted to take the time to share with you a few sciatica stretches and information that you can use to help you. Sciatica is actually a symptom of back pain, but often people will refer directly to the symptom. Back pain is a nightmare for those people that have it. It affects everything you [...]
Another article has covered the goals and rationale behind setting and observing a lumbar exercise programme and in this article I go over the specifics of lumbar exercises and their performance. Exercise performance varies greatly between patients but the aim is smooth movement with steadily timed motions, moving through the full ranges and holding at [...]
Stretching is very important to get relief from back pain for several reasons: 1) it improves your flexibility, which in turn allows your back to move through its natural range of motion painlessly, 2) it sends necessary nutrients to the tissue along the spine that keep your muscles from getting stiff and weak, and 3) [...]
I have been thinking I want to try acupuncture for pain in my back & legs. Also have nerve issues to deal with. Two surgeries in two years; want to look for alternatives as I do not want to have surgery again & I cannot deal with the pain on a constant battle. It interferes [...]
The spine is a complex interconnecting network of nerves, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments, and all are capable of producing pain. One potential source of back pain is skeletal muscle of the back. About nine out of ten adults receive back pain at some point in their life, and five out of ten working adults [...]