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
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
Six Big Myths About Back Pain Excerpted from The 7-Day Back Pain Cure by Jesse Cannone You've probably heard several of these myths spoken as fact. Perhaps you, your friend, or even your doctor has used these personally. To treat back pain, we have to figure out and treat the underlying problem causing the pain. But b … Read More
Back pain isn’t just ancient … it’s prehistoric! Researchers from the Berlin Natural History Museum have uncovered bad backs in dinosaurs. The finding is the first of its kind and reveals the back pain was caused by spondyloarthritis, a type of arthritis that causes bone to grow between joints, leading to severe pain a … Read More
Don't let back pain wreck your year... or the rest of your life! Instead, resolve right now to take your life back from the pain. Unlike resolutions you may have made in the past -- whether to start a New Year or at any time -- these are going to be so simple and effective you're going to want to keep them! … Read More
By Steve Hefferon, CMT, CPRS A survey we ran a few years ago showed trucking is one of the top five professions at risk of back pain. Besides the heavy lifting required of many drivers as they load and unload cargo, hours of full-body vibration while sitting behind the wheel of a big rig for hours at a time increase th … Read More
A New Jersey man has recently experienced what’s got to be one of the most shocking reasons for back pain on record. At around 2 am early one Sunday morning, the 42-year-old man (who remains unnamed) went out on his porch to smoke a cigarette. A stranger asked him for a light, to which he declined. A fight ensued, the stran … Read More
And the 3 Most Effective Ways to STOP It As people gain weight, we’re not just adding extra pounds to our waistlines. We’re adding undue stress to our supporting structures, like joints, the spinal cord, ligaments, tendons, muscles and organs. That added pressure often leads to completely unnecessary pain. And according t … Read More
While most cases of back pain result from muscle imbalances caused by repetitive actions and unbalanced postures we assume every day, there are other culprits too. Millions of Americans rely on medications to treat chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes, and, oftentimes, those same drugs end up causing … Read More
By Steven Hefferon, PTA, CMT Whether you have flat abs or a beer belly, you can experience pain due to excess abdominal gas and excess fecal matter in your intestines. It has been said that if you have only one bowel movement a day, you have up to eight meals left in your intestines. Gas can develop in a matter of hours aft … Read More