Back pain affects a large portion of the population and often requires proper management to reduce pain levels. However, many people make common mistakes when managing their back pain. Most back pain is predictable and preventable. This is unfortunate because many who suffer from back pain don’t realize that their habits contribute to their discomfort. For instance, it is common for people to ignore...
About 65 million Americans have experienced recent episodes of back pain. Meanwhile, 8% of all adults (16 million people) struggle with chronic back pain. Healthcare costs have reached $12 billion due to back pain every year as a result. Understanding the common causes of lower back pain can help you determine what form of treatment you need. Read on to discover what's potentially causing...
50 million adults in the US suffer from chronic pain. That's a lot of missed days of work, missed social events, and abandoned hobbies and dreams, all due to pain. Chronic pain can make it difficult for even simple everyday tasks to be completed, like showering, dressing, or, in some extreme cases, even going to the bathroom. These debilitations are not limited...
It keeps you up at night until you fall asleep from sheer exhaustion. Then you wake up with it as your constant, unfriendly companion. Chronic joint pain can happen to anyone. When it does, it will bring even the strongest individual to tears because of pain, frustration, and general despair. However, you don't have to live on pain pills, and you don't...
We all know and hate that achy feeling we get. The stiffness in our shoulders or the crick in our neck. We try to take it easier, stretch, and avoid overexertion, all to no avail. If you've gotten to where the pain affects your daily life, a chiropractor might be what you need. There are many reasons people choose to visit...
Are you experiencing ongoing neck and/or back pain? Have oral medications, physical therapy, or other treatments failed to help? You may benefit from minimally invasive epidural injections. One meta-analysis looked at randomized-controlled studies about epidural steroid injections (ESI). They reported ESI relieved back pain more effectively than other conservative therapy. Would you like to find out more about these treatments? This epidural...
Over 70 million adults in the United States have some kind of chronic pain, so if you're experiencing some kind of chronic pain, you're not alone. Even though the pain can feel isolating, you should know that you're surrounded by many others who are dealing with the same kinds of pain that you're having. While chronic pain can seem overwhelming, there are...
Are you one of the 20.4 percent of Americans experiencing chronic pain? If so, you probably are looking for chronic pain relief because it disrupts your life. Have you heard about ketamine infusions? This is a popular treatment to help block nerve pain and help you get back to a normal and less painful life. Want to hear more and how it...
Over 8 million sports injuries occur each year, and healing can take months for some people. Imagine if there was a faster process to getting back to your normal physical activity. What if that process used electrical currents? In his book, titled "Biologically Closed Electric Circuits," Dr. Bjorn Nordenstrom theorizes that when an injury occurs, a charge forms. Getting rid of...
Acute low back pain is the most common type of pain for American adults. Everyday physical activity can easily overstress your back, and if you're not paying attention, you could find yourself lying in pain and missing work. But you don't have to let back pain keep you sidelined. Even though it's prevalent, there are plenty of simple, at-home lower back...