Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Paris, D.C on Jan. 20, 2019. If you're in search of herniated disc treatment options, you're not alone. One out of three people reading this has a herniated disc, which occurs when your discs — the “shock absorbers” of your spine — become damaged, bulge or break open. Thousands of people who … Read More
Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Paris, D.C on Jan. 20, 2019. Spondylolisthesis ("spon-dee-low-lis-thee-sis”) is a big fancy word that simply means a vertebra in your spine has slipped out of position. It sounds like a pretty extreme condition. And spondylolisthesis can be the source of severe back pain, usually in the lo … Read More
Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Paris, D.C on Nov. 6, 2018. Here at The Healthy Back Institute, one of the most frequent questions we get from our readers is: What causes lower left side back pain? But over the years, I’ve learned that what most people REALLY want to know is: What’s the best way to get rid of lower lef … Read More
Bonus Content: The 7-Day Back Pain Cure Back pain is one of the top reasons for missed work and second only to upper-respiratory infections for causing doctor visits. Most of the time, back muscle pain is diagnosed then "treated” with little more than a prescription of rest, painkillers and muscle relaxants. Follow th … Read More
Getting older can be a real pain in the neck… and the back, too. For many people, that pain can be caused when their bones and discs begin to deteriorate. We call this degenerative disc disease. It's also sometimes referred to as spondylosis. Not everyone with degenerative disc disease will have severe pain, but you sh … Read More
"Firstly, I want to thank you for ‘Lose the Back Pain’. I am a 58 yr old woman, live in Australia, and bought your program maybe 10 years ago now to help with nasty sciatic pain. It has been a godsend over the years whenever I have a bout of sciatica. I have moved home a lot and at one point got down to having all my worldly … Read More
I'm a Mom to two special needs kids so I do a lot of bending at home, but at work all I do is sit all day. It finally caught up with me and I started having debilitating sciatica pain. Chiropractic and physical therapy helped a little but not enough to get me through the pain. It was so bad I couldn't sleep at night. A … Read More
As a result of heat applications and recommended stretching exercises, my sciatica is no longer troubling me and I am again playing tennis 5 times a week at age 84. ~ Wayne Wall … Read More
By Steven Hefferon, CMT, PTA, CPRS Lack of oxygen causes pain. Now when I say "lack of oxygen," do you think of turning blue from holding your breath? I'm joking, of course, but only because it's always a surprise how many back pain sufferers are not aware that lack of oxygen at the cellular level causes chronic pai … Read More
By Steve Hefferon, CMT, PTA and co-founder of LoseTheBackPain.com One of the questions we get very often here at the Healthy Back Institute is, do heel lifts cause back pain? Well, the answer is, yes, they can and often do and that is why we discourage people from going straight into heel lifts. Back pain suffe … Read More