You may have been lead to believe calcium is necessary for strong bones. And it is. But because of our modern diet, you may be getting too much. And that is bad news because excess calcium can cause: Kidney and gallstones Arterial plaque Bone spurs Calcium deposits in tissues other than bones Brain cell dysf … Read More
3 reasons your body can't use the vitamins in your food Did you know your body cannot absorb vitamins if you do not have: a) enough trace minerals, and... b) enough trace minerals in the right proportions? Oh, you may consume your daily recommended amount of vitamins (either in food or supplement form). But if you … Read More
Coffee causes back pain? Turns out it certainly can if you are a barista whose job is to make and serve coffee-based drinks! … Read More
Every year, millions of Americans have a mixture of corticosteroids and numbing medications injected into their lower backs in an attempt to get rid of back pain (and many more do so to relieve pain during childbirth). The steroids are injected into the epidural space of your spine, which is the area outside of the sac of … Read More
Tiger Woods pulled out of the Masters this year for the first time since 1994. The reason? Back surgery for a pinched nerve, which he said had been hurting him for several months. The surgery, a microdiscectomy, involves removing bits of material that are pressing on spinal nerves. … Read More
Short-Term Pain Relief Treatments Natural Pain-Relief Supplements Heal-n-Soothe® Heal-n-Soothe® is a combination of the most powerful natural anti-inflammatory and pain relieving ingredients known to man... and have been scientifically proven to work. And unlike NSAID’s, there are no dangerous side effects... Learn … Read More
For most people, short-term pain relief involves taking some type of anti-inflammatory medication–Advil and Motrin being the most popular over-the-counter versions. These medications were originally designed to be used only once in a while, but many people now rely on them on a daily basis. Considering the dangers–heav … Read More
A number of back-pain sufferers I work with tell me they’re in way too much pain to take the steps needed for long-term relief. While they’re looking forward to solving their back pain problem once and for all, they can barely move right now. Let me now address the topic of short-term pain relief. Sometimes it’s necessa … Read More
Most back-pain situations that don’t fall into the other categories still are the result of problems in the mind, body, and/or diet–all which are addressed here. You will be performing your own self-assessment as you go through the steps, which will help you determine exactly what you need to do to feel better, and it als … Read More
The sacroiliac (SI) joint connects the base of the spine to the pelvis. In other words, it joins the sacrum (the triangular bone at the bottom of the spine) with the pelvis at two connection points. (You can see these from the outside as two "dimples” on each side of the lower back, at the belt line.) It’s small, but very … Read More