We’ve all been there before: pain that makes you lean back a little, place a hand on your lower back, and complain about how much it hurts. Did you know with the implementation of some basic exercises you can help reduce and even prevent lower back pain? Exercise – Regular exercise like walking, biking, or […]
Cold weather makes it easier to stay indoors and skip your daily exercises. However, the pain you may be experiencing could be directly related to not getting enough exercise. Did you know daily activity can improve your overall well being as well as your mood?
As the leaves turn, so does the weather signaling a new season. However, some notice the turning of the season not with the leaves, but rather with a return of joint pain caused by cold weather. Individuals may consider their joint pain a sign of age and try to “deal with it” until warmer weather comes to the rescue. Yet, there are many new insights into joint pain which reveal how to better enjoy the winter season pain free.
Did you know the food you eat can affect the natural rhythms of your body? For most individuals, food is used for nourishment, fulfilling our basic needs and pleasurable satisfaction. And yet, some foods can have an adverse effect on those who suffer from Fibromyalgia, a common condition characterized by long-term, body-wide pain and tender points in joints, muscles, tendons and other soft tissues.
Each day, you send your child off to school. You make sure he has his lunch, homework and books—which are all placed in his backpack. Once the backpack is loaded, out the door he goes.
With these tips, you can keep your “killer” heels on your feet, instead of in the closet!
The average person spends about eight hours a day in a chair behind their desk. This long period of sitting causes many to endure mild to heavy back pain. Why does this occur? It’s all in the chair.
The Chinese therapy of acupuncture began over 4,000 years ago but has only been prevalent in Western medicine for the last several hundred years. Acupuncture focuses on improving the body’s energy, or qi by clearing the meridians that carry the life force through the body. Blockages or imbalances in the body’s qi are believed to […]
Lidocaine trigger point injections relieve musculoskeletal pain
A trigger point in a muscle is a knot that occurs when the muscle fails to relax. Normal muscles at rest are relaxed with the ability to contract or stretch; trigger points develop when the muscles are too restricted and cannot move properly. Trigger points appear for a number of reasons, including injuries, stress, inflammation, trauma or poor posture. Injections are often used to treat trigger points in the arms, legs, neck and lower back.
Reflexology is a massage-based treatment that stems from the ancient idea that the foot is connected to all the organs in the body through energy channels. Much like acupuncture, reflexology believes that congestion in the body’s energy lines is what causes certain kinds of pain. Applying pressure and massaging nerve endings in the foot can […]
