If you've been diagnosed with sciatica you might be surprised to learn it's not really a physical condition at all. Instead, sciatica is a description of a set of pain symptoms…
Fixing a bulging or herniated disc means different things to different people. Usually it either means a) help me stop my back pain, or b) help me fix the herniated disc. The end…
TENS is back in the news again. TENS therapy is widely used to treat chronic lower back pain by sending electric currents to nerves from a pocket sized battery pack through…
If you want to get someone suffering from pain angry in a hurry, just tell them their pain is all in their mind. "Baloney!" (or some stronger word) might be their response.
Oxygen allows our bodies to grow and repair themselves. Along with food, it's the fuel energy our bodies need to function. It even helps white blood cells fight infection in the…
While shopping near the kids section of a clothing store last week, a brochure caught my eye. The front was adorned with a very large picture of a baby caught in wide-eyed…
Spinal stenosis is the formal name for a narrowing of the spinal canal. While spinal stenosis can develop in the thoracic, or mid-back, it most commonly occurs in either the…
Walk into the office of virtually any doctor, chiropractor, or physical therapist with a back pain complaint and chances are you'll return home with the same sheet of paper they…
Don't look now but heavy metal is threatening your health. Not the head banging kind floating invisibly across the airwaves (though prolonged listening may lead to some serious…
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out pain is a signal that something is wrong with the body. Whether your back suddenly "goes out" and drops you to the floor in pain,…
