Have you experienced a prickly sensation down your lower back and leg? Do you often feel pain or numbness down your leg and have no idea what the root cause is? These feelings could indicate you suffer from sciatica, which is not really a medical problem so much as a grouping of symptoms related to pressure on the sciatic ne … Read More
Horrible Back Pain
Back pain can strike at any time. Sometimes, the root cause is easy to identify. Lifting heavy boxes all day can be a back killer. Other times, though, the cause for your back pain is not so obvious. Knowing why you are in pain can help you get on the right track to proper pain management. It will also help you determine pre … Read More
Home Treatment for Back Pain
If you're trying to get rid of back pain, you may not need to have a doctor handle it for you. Of course, it's always a good idea to have your doctor check out your back problems, just to make sure that it's nothing serious that will need to be treated with surgery or prescription medications. Most back pain, though, can be … Read More
Home Remedies for Back Pain
Home remedies for back pain are not all that hard to come by. The following is a list of suggestions you may try to help relieve your back pain. They should not replace a doctor's advice, and if you are experiencing more severe symptoms, like loss of bladder control, numbness or tingling in your extremities, you should see a … Read More
Holistic Treatments for Lower Back Pain
At some point or another most humans will experience some form of back pain. Back pain can range anywhere from a mild discomfort to completely debilitating. The most common back pain is lower back (lumbar) pain which is usually triggered by poor posture, muscle strain, overuse and ligament, muscle, disc injury. Lower back pa … Read More
Holistic Treatments To Relieve Sciatica
It’s no secret to anyone who has suffered from sciatica for more than a little while, that there are numerous types of treatments available. You can choose between Eastern and Western medicine, chemical versus natural treatments and alternative or holistic sciatica treatments. The type of treatment you choose will depend on … Read More
Hip and Back Pain
The number one reason Americans see their doctor is colds and flu. The number two reason is lower back pain. Hip and back pains are often interrelated, which can contribute to a number of symptoms that are sometimes quite difficult to accurately diagnose. Feeling pain in your thigh or groin can be an indication of a hip rela … Read More
High Back Pain Causes
The upper back is much more stable than the neck and low back; it doesn't move as much as the neck does, and doesn't have to support the loads or stresses that the lower (lumbar) spine does. Its main job, along with the ribs, is to protect the internal organs in the chest. That doesn't mean that there aren't problems origina … Read More
Herniated or Swelling Discs and Sciatica
Frequently herniated discs can produce significant maybe even disabling neck and upper pain, lower back pain, and sciatica. Researchers do show that herniated discs, spinal stenosis, and piriformis syndrome are the most run-of-the-mill causes for sciatica. Certainly, sciatica symptoms don't have to be caused by herniated dis … Read More
Herniated Lumbar Disc
A herniated lumbar disc is not a terribly uncommon condition with a number of causes and treatments. Pain from the injury can radiate through your extremities, and can even cause numbness and tingling of your hands or feet. If you're suffering from a herniated lumbar disc you're not alone. Causes Pain from a herniated lumba … Read More