Did you know that a whopping 18%-35% of Americans are dealing with chronic pain?
That percentage varies, depending on which study you reference.
The worldwide average is around 20%.
I am the first one to acknowledge how fortunate we are to have western medicine, doctors and...
If you’ve been dealing with pain for awhile, you’ve probably reached for some type of over-the-counter (otc) pain relievers at some point, right?
Even though you may have a couple of different kinds of drugstore analgesics in our medicine cabinets, your might not be quite sure ...
You can listen to the Retrain Back Pain Podcast recording of this topic here
After reading the subject line of this article, you might be wondering, "What does accounting have to do with back pain and moving the way I love to move?!"
It's is not all about exercise do's and don'ts
Doing some...
Today we're talking about achey hips.
This topic was inspired by various Facebook back pain groups that I'm in.
I appreciate seeing what friends and colleagues are up to on FB/Meta, and I like to touch base with my interest groups too.
If you visit my Retrain Back Pain...
If you've got back pain, OVERWHELM can be a significant barrier to your recovery.
M.V.A. is your ticket to ride.
I’ll explain what M.V.A. stands for in a sec, right after I tell you about Bob.
I recently saw Bob, who is eighty-six.
I'm always impressed by Bob; he’s active,...
I was recently speaking with one of my 1:1 clients about inflammation when she stopped me mid-sentence to insist that she definitely doesn't have inflammation because when she "gets a cut, it heals quickly".
SO NOT SO!
Inflammation is actually referred to as The Silent Killer...
Inflammation...
How can you stop your back from hurting if you can’t stop hurting your back?
The number one way to stop your back from hurting is to stop hurting your back.
I don't mean to sound smug, but you know, sometimes the simplest things can have really profound effects
I catch many...
Reprinted, with permission, from my Australian colleague, Dr. Andrew Locke.
Dr. Andrew's response to the question "Does posture matter?" was intended for the professionals spewing nonsense all over social media on this topic.
Instead of re-writing the whole shebang, I've just added a few [notes...
Timecheck: We are in the final days of 2021 and we are two and a half years into this pandemic. For many, back pain is getting worse and back pain relief is hard to come by.
I chose the elephant for this week's image because unspoken health issues that need more attention are like the elephant in...
Did you know that gravity causes your spine to compress by about fifteen percent during the day?
Did you also know that sitting is notably more compressive for your vertebral column than standing or reclining?
This is generally good to know, but what can you do about it??
Besides...
Have you ever had an ache or a pain that wouldn't go away? Or when it does, it seems to reappear in a different part of the body? Sometimes it hops from one side of the body to the other.
One of the issues I see with current back pain treatment is that it's largely "mechanistic", going after the...
My friend and colleague, Dr. Jerome Fryer, in British Columbia has conducted a pilot study on loading and unloading the spine using a seated spinal decompression technique. He has graciously given me permission to reprint (and reword) one of his recent blog articles, relating to his...
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