There has been little disagreement for decades that packing on extra pounds can be detrimental your health. Now there's reason to believe higher levels of belly fat have a direct relationship with pain throughout the body. Having an "apple-shaped" body with more fat around the midsection has been proclaimed as unhealthier t … Read More
Why Your Diet Is Failing YOU!
For most Americans living and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a pipe dream–something that we can dream about achieving but very few will. Furthermore it is viewed as kind of a drag, an obligation that really isn’t exciting for all the work it requires. This is just the first of many misconceptions contributing to the grow … Read More
How to Fix a Herniated Disc
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 result may be the same but the perspective is critical. If you simply want to mask the back pain you could take one of the many non-steroidal anti … Read More
TENS for Back Pain?
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 electrodes attached to the skin (TENS stands for transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation). The big news is the National Academy of Neurology no longer … Read More
Is Your Pain All In Your Mind?
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. Saying pain is all in someone's mind is tantamount to claiming their pain is imaginary. Clearly pain is real to any person suffering with it. However, t … Read More
Excess Fibrin, Blood Clots and Heart Attacks
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 body. That's why good circulation is critical to good health, recovery from injury, preventing heart attacks and decreased pain. Red blood cells ar … Read More
Are Vaccinations A Sign Of Good Parenting?
The decision to vaccinate–or not vaccinate–children has become a huge controversy among parents. While some parents subscribe to the belief that the side effects of vaccinations (autism and brain damage) are more harmful than the diseases they are intended to immunize the child from, other parents view it is a must-do action … Read More
Do You Require Surgery To Fix A Herniated Disc?
When you are faced with agonizing back pain you are probably willing to do just about anything to ease the pain, if not get rid of it altogether. You want the pain gone and you want it gone now, so you’re willing to do whatever is necessary to relieve the pain. So how does a herniated disc get so bad that back surgery is re … Read More
Bad Genes to Blame for Back Pain?
A recently published study out of Denmark was widely reported by news agencies around the globe last month to prove a link between genetics and back pain. But how much can you really blame your back pain on your genes? After reviewing the similarities and differences of 7,664 pairs of twins - about 56% fraternal and 44% ide … Read More
Chiropractic for Back Pain
Ask anyone on the street what type of natural healthcare practitioner they would call first for back pain. Odds are 9 out of 10 times they will say a chiropractor. Yet the best chiropractors will not tell you to come see them to merely get rid of back pain. That's not their goal, but rather a common side effect of treatment … Read More