Chronic pain can obviously interfere with your sleep, but does the opposite also hold true? Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham are planning to find out. … Read More
Poor Sleep Causes Knee Pain?
Prescription Painkillers Can Cause Depression
People take prescription painkillers because they want to feel better. Sadly, this is often the exact opposite of what happens. It’s becoming such a common story that it boggles the mind why so many physicians just keep prescribing drugs that ultimately only add to their patients’ pain. … Read More
Back Pain Sufferers "Misread" Food … and Gain More Weight
If you have back pain, excess weight is not your friend. It places extra stress and strain on your back, hastening joint deterioration and increasing pain. Plus, certain types of fat, especially visceral fat (the kind that accumulates around your belly), release inflammatory molecules that also contribute to pain and swellin … Read More
Uterine Fibroids – A Safe and Powerful Treatment
Uterine fibroids (or leiomyoma) are non-cancerous tumors that grow in and around a woman’s uterus beginning in her childbearing years. Nearly 70% of Caucasian women and up to 80% of darker skinned women will develop a fibroid of some size by the age of 50. Darker skinned women are more likely to experience s … Read More
The Whacko Pill: Beware the Most Popular Prescription Sleep Aid!
8 Sneaky Habits That Make You Fat
You don’t get fat because you indulge in an occasional piece of cheesecake or order your favorite deep-dish pizza once (or twice) a month. Weight gain is far more insidious than that. It sneaks up on you slowly … Read More
Are You Highly Sensitive to Pain? It May Be All in Your Brain!
Everyone’s experience of pain is unique and while there may never be a way to really feel someone else’s pain, there may be a way to gauge its intensity. … Read More
Surprising Cause of Back Pain: Diet
If you've had a chance to read my book, The 7-Day Back Pain Cure, you know that back pain is complicated. It almost always comes from multiple, interlocked causes -- all of which need to be identified and addressed in order to truly treat the cause of the pain. The hidden cause that surprises most people is DIET. Believe … Read More
What Is the Healthiest Position to Sleep In? (and what’s the worst?)
Sleeping is supposed to be the ultimate in rest and relaxation … yet so many of us spend our nights tossing and turning instead of slumbering. There are many factors that can disturb your sleep (like your pets, medications and the wrong bedtime snack), but one that you might not have considered is your sleep position. … Read More
Live free of osteoporosis… without drugs or even calcium supplements
Imagine walking into the doctor’s office for a routine check up, feeling absolutely fine with yourself and the world... only to be told you suddenly have a "bone disease.” As you leave, the doctor hands you a prescription for one of the many toxic and often useless bone drugs. And by the time you get to the parking lot, y … Read More