Tiger’s Back Pain Surgery Likely to Fall Short …

Golfer Elbow

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

Filed Under: Golf and back pain
Written By: Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS, MFT,

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

Filed Under: Back Pain, Nutrition
Written By: Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS, MFT,

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

Filed Under: Muscles, Pain Relief
Written By: Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS, MFT,

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

Filed Under: Back Surgery
Written By: Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS, MFT,

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

Filed Under: Back Muscles
Written By: Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS, MFT,

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

Filed Under: Back Pain
Written By: Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS, MFT,

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

Filed Under: Nerve Treatment, Treatments
Written By: Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS, MFT,

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

Filed Under: Back Pain
Written By: Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS, MFT,

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

Filed Under: Sciatica
Written By: Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS, MFT,

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

Filed Under: Chest Pain
Written By: Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS, MFT,