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
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 Causes Muscle Cramps?
And the Best 5-Step Muscle Cramp Treatment Muscle cramps typically come on without warning, often at night or just after exercise, and when they do, the pain can be excruciating. While generally harmless, if you get muscle cramps on a regular basis they’ll feel anything but. … Read More
Spinal Fusion Surgery
What You REALLY Need to Know If you’re dealing with severe, chronic back pain, and medications have failed to give you relief, you may have been advised to consider spinal fusion surgery. But there are important facts you must know before you go under the knife … … Read More
The Newest Spinal Decompression Treatment Programs
Spinal decompression is not necessarily a new treatment. In fact, you can trace back some forms of spinal decompression hundreds of years ago. A simplified definition of spinal decompression is the process of relieving pressure on the nerves of the spinal column. Compression of the spinal column and vertebrae is known to cau … Read More
Effective Therapies For A Back Ache
There aren’t many issues that can disrupt life more than back pain. Since back pain can make it difficult to perform basic functions such as walking, it can inhibit your ability to work, sleep and even sit down comfortably. If left untreated, mild back pain can become severe, debilitating back pain. But what is the differenc … Read More
Top 5 Nerve Pain Home Remedies
Nerve pain hits millions of adults every year. And it’s not just shooting pain. Sometimes it feels like an electric shock. Or like getting jabbed with pins and needles. Or burning pain. But sometimes it’s not even "pain” so much as numbness and weakness. Or an in-the-middle annoying, tingling, "my foot just woke up” fe … Read More
Which Muscles are Affected Most by Whiplash ?
Whiplash is an umbrella term that is used in order to describe injuries that affect the cervical spine. The most common cause of whiplash is as the result of an automobile accident, as when such an accident occurs the head and neck are both suddenly forced to whip back and forth, which is known as hyperflexion and hyperexten … Read More
Sciatica Leg Pain
There is nothing like the horrible feeling of sciatica leg pain—when you get that almost searing feeling of pain shooting down as the sciatic nerve begins to go nuts. Why not just scream out loud? Some women say they would rather go through child birth again. Sciatic pain is brought about by compression of the sciatic nerve … Read More
What Causes Back and Chest Pain
Most people do not realize what causes back and chest pain. Muscle strain, nerve damage and other conditions in the middle and upper back can also cause pain in the chest area. No matter what your age, occupation or lifestyle, chest pain is a symptom that should always be taken seriously. Chest pain no matter what the cause … Read More