What To Avoid & Our Top Recommended Are you looking for a way to relieve back pain and keep it away? An orthopedic seat cushion is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to do just that. Orthopedic seat cushions promote overall back health by helping you maintain better posture while providing support for your lo … Read More
How Back Pain Destroys Your Finances & Retirement
Startling Numbers From New Study! Baby Boomers who may be retiring in the coming years ... and all those who are already retired ... take note! Compared to those who retire sooner for other health reasons, more than twice the number of early retirees due to back pain may have no savings by the time they reach age 65! That i … Read More
Back Pain Heating Pad
… 8 Features to Look For, 6 to Avoid When you were a child, did your mother ever fill up a hot water bottle, wrap it in a towel, and place it on your belly if you had a stomachache, or under your ankle if you’d taken a tumble? As an adult you may have continued to use the soothing warmth from a hot water bottle or a heating … Read More
Dr. Weil on Back Pain
Good Advice or Junk Medicine? Fighting back pain and other pain safely, naturally and effectively -- without prescription pain relievers or surgery that often does more harm than good -- has been my mission for more than a decade. But well before you found me ... maybe through my book, The 7-Day Back Pain Cure, or throug … Read More
Sacroiliac Joint Treatment
… The Best & The Worst Treatments Your sacroiliac (SI) joints, the points where your spine meets your pelvis, are located at the two "dimples” in your lower back. As you age, wear and tear on your SI joints’ cartilage can become damaged, allowing your bones to rub together, leading to pain and eventually even osteoarthri … Read More
What is Spondylolisthesis? What Are The Causes & Treatment Options?
Spondylolisthesis occurs when a vertebra in your spine slips out of position, causing it to rest in an abnormal position on the vertebra below it. Most often, this occurs in the lower spine, between the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae in adults, although spondylolisthesis can occur among two (or more) vertebrae anywhere al … Read More
Lower Back Pain
... The Top Solutions, Causes, and Symptoms About 25 percent of Americans experience lower back pain every year, and virtually everyone will suffer from a significant back pain episode at least once. In fact, the fifth most common reason for all physician visits in the United States is -- you guessed it -- lower back pain.[ … Read More
10 Lifesaving Questions to ALWAYS Ask Your Doctor
Is asking your doctor questions rude? Your doctor has years of schooling and experience. Some patients - and doctors - feel we should just do what we’re told and follow prescriptions without asking the doctor questions. But the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimates anywhere from 44,000 to 98,000 Americans die every year in … Read More
Stop Pain Now – My Top 5 Biggest Recommendations
Fighting pain is my mission — and has been for the last 10 years. You do something for 10 years, and you learn what really works. But my sincere question for you is: do you know what works? If you're looking at another year of pain, stop. It's time to make a change. Take action. Start doing the things now that will bri … Read More
What is Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction?
If you feel for the two dimples in your lower back, this is where you'll find your two sacroiliac (SI) joints. Essentially, these are the points where your spine meets your pelvis. Although your sacroiliac joints move only a couple of millimeters, rotating 1 to 4 degrees at most, they have a heavy burden to bear. As a wei … Read More