Healing Reaction and the Healing Response Plan By Steve Hefferon, CMT, PTA Today I'd like to talk to you about a principle of wellness that really stems from this common statement patients make: "I started to do the exercises, or program or taking the enzymes and I got worse." The principle is called the Healing Response o … Read More
Why do Sore Joints and Muscles Occur with Age?
Are sore joints and muscles slowing you down? Pay close attention, by the time you are done reading this article you will be equipped with practical strategies to eliminate sore joints and muscle pain. People of all ages can experience muscle and joint pain; however, bouts of this type of pains typically increase in freque … Read More
10 Ways to Beat Fatigue
10 Ways to Beat Fatigue By Dr. Mark Wiley Over two million Americans complain of being fatigued each day, not to mention the four Million who have been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. With the chronic tiredness often comes lack of focus, feelings of being overwhelmed, flu-like symptoms, pain, memory loss, chronic … Read More
Ease Night Time Pain Tips
5 Tips to Ease Night Time Pain By Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS, MFT Nighttime pain is a cause of distress for millions of people. It seems that in the evenings when people are worn out from their long day and the body is shutting down its defenses, pain seems to jump front and center. And without the ability to ease the pain, … Read More
Back Pain 10 Commandments
Back Pain 10 Commandments by Steve Hefferon, CMT, PTA We get thousands of email from people all over the world asking our advice about back pain. Despite over a hundred articles available on LoseTheBackPain.com, and in our weekly emails, people still confuse the forest for the trees. There are just so many areas to conside … Read More
5 Quick Fixes for the Post-Lunch Slump
Your day is going well… you’re working hard and rapidly knocking items off your to-do list one after the other when it hits you. It’s the dreaded afternoon slump. Almost like clockwork, you notice the brain fog rolling in and a nearly irresistible urge to crawl under your desk for a quick nap. Well fear those po … Read More
Mid-Back Stretch to Fix the Office Chair Slouch
By Ryan Murdock and Adam Steer from www.shapeshifterbodyredesign.com You begin the day with the best of intentions. And then you get a stressful phone call that sets you off… You know what comes next. You hunker down to write that report. And the next thing you know you’re hunched over the keyboard like Quasimodo pining a … Read More
6 Back Pain Treatments That FAIL… and Why
When you have serious back pain what do you do? Do you seek the help of your medical doctor, physical therapist, or orthopedic specialist? Do you opt for a massage, acupuncture, or the services of a chiropractor? In each case, for both conventional and alternative medical approaches, you might get some … Read More
Muscular back pain
Muscular back pain is an extremely common condition. Up to 85% of US adults suffer from moderate to severe muscular back pain at some time in their lives. Many of these conditions are misunderstood because diagnosis of soft tissue pathologies is not a very accurate science. Back muscle strain is a condition in which one or … Read More
How can you treat osteoarthritis of the spine?
In osteoarthritis of the spine, also known as degenerative arthritis, the protective cartilage that protects the tops of your bones wears out because of daily wear and tear, aging, injury or misuse. As a result, your vertebrae start to rub together or press on a nearby spinal nerve. This can result in significant amounts of … Read More