By Steve Hefferon, CMT, CPTA With all the technological advancements in medicine and pain treatment programs, you’d think back pain would be a thing of the past. Unfortunately pain is a mysterious beast with many origins and there is not always a clear-cut cause or treatment. Luckily for you, we at The Healthy Back Instit … Read More

7 Characteristics of Pain-Free People by Steve Hefferon, CMT, CPTA People ask me every day, "Can you truly help me live a pain-free life?" I understand why they feel they need to ask. It is not because they doubt my credentials or experience. However, I am not often the first specialist they have turned to. Other reputabl … Read More

The Emotions-Pain Connection: How Your Mood Affects Your Health By Dr. Mark Wiley, OMD, PhD Emotions play such a vital role in both wellness and illness, that to ignore them in any outlook on health is a mistake. While emotions are natural and important parts of life, when taken to excess they can be damaging to the body. … Read More

Break the Chronic-Pain Cycle: Walk Your Pain Away! By Dr. Mark Wiley, OMD, PhD There are many causes of pain, and many contributors to the ongoing pain-pills-inactivity cycle. Your back hurts, your head is throbbing, your fibromyalgia is aching... so you swallow the meds and sit-out the day. Just like you did yesterday and … Read More

Get off the NSAID Train! Go for Drug-Free Relief, Instead By Dr. Mark Wiley, David Levine & Steve Hefferon Chronic pain is persistent, long-lasting discomfort that doesn't resolve itself or respond to routine pain-relief methods. Clearly, despite their arsenal of elaborate and costly hi-tech medical procedures, doctors … Read More

Stop Telling Your Story: How to Derail the Thought-Pain Cycle? By Steve Hefferon, CMT, PTA Today what I want to say to you is… Stop telling your story. Stop letting subconscious influences act on your body and cause you pain. Perhaps you wonder, How can my mind create pain in my body? It's very simple. Let's give an exampl … Read More

When Back Pain Is On Your Mind. Change Your Mind! By Alan Orr For many, back pain is among the worst types of pain to deal with on a daily basis. It is a very real problem that is often caused by some imbalanced structural problem or from an injury. But it is important to keep in mind that all pain is "information." When … Read More

Healing Reaction and the Healing Response Plan By Steve Hefferon, CMT, PTA Today I'd like to talk to you about a principle of wellness that really stems from this common statement patients make: "I started to do the exercises, or program or taking the enzymes and I got worse." The principle is called the Healing Response o … Read More

Back Pain Forums: How They Can Help You Achieve Relief By Steven Hefferon Today's topic is on the use of social sites for health. The first question that comes to my mind is this: Do we really need the help of others for us to heal our own bodies? In my opinion, the answer is yes and the answer is also no. The answer is n … Read More