This invaluable self-care companion includes a clinically tested fitness and strength program, proven mind-body methods to relax the back, strategies for combating the depression that often accompanies chronic pain, recommendations for pain relievers, and more.
Constant neck and upper back pain affects thousands of Americans with pain, ranging from modest to severe. Often caused by problems such as misusing or overusing your neck and back; trauma; mechanical injuries; health conditions; and poor posture. The symptoms may...
A large percent of the population suffers from back pain, especially lower back pain. Many people find themselves unable to function in their daily routine, often missing time from work, due to lower back pain. Fortunately, lower back pain is usually not serious, at...
In many cases, sciatica will heal on its own in a few days or sometimes week. There are times, however, when the patient will have bouts of pain or recurring flare-ups of sciatic pain. If this happens, it’s probably a sign that some sort of sciatic treatment...
You have long muscles that run along the spine called the erector spinae muscles. These are often the guilty muscles when you have back pain and muscle spasms. A spasm is an involuntary contraction of the muscle for a sustained period of time. Usually a spasm occurs... 