Stretch Yourself Out Of Neck Pain According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), about 20% of people will have experienced neck pain in the past 3 months. Some of it is caused by our everyday activities such as looking down at our phones for too long, sleeping the wrong way, or accidental sprains while […]
Back pain is one of the most common health problems people face in their lifetime, we are talking about 80% of us! So it makes sense that people have come up with many options for helping to deal with, alleviate, and heal back pain. There are a multitude of contraptions, devices, medicines, herbs, procedures, and even surgery. We want […]
How to break the cycle of insomnia and pain! There is an age-old question: “What came first: the chicken or the egg?”. The same can be said of pain and insomnia, which one comes first? Evidence shows that sleep (or lack thereof) and pain are directly related, but how so? Which one causes which, and […]
Let’s say one day you find yourself in pain, what is the first thing that must be done in order to start treating the pain you are feeling? It might seem simple, just identify what is hurting and be done. However, as we have learned in the past, it’s never really, that simple.Sure, some cases […]
Over the last couple of decades, back surgery has become a very popular solution for chronic back pain problems. Patients and doctors seem to turn to surgery as the cure all solution, especially in situations when other methods have been exhausted yet the pain remains. However, researchers in the field are beginning to bring to light some […]
Shakira was onto something when she sang: “Hips don’t lie”, if something is amiss in the hip area, your hips will surely let you know – in the form of pain. The pain could be dull or sharp, continuous or periodic, aching or severe depending on the particular problem, but the culprit of hip pain […]
Pain is the oldest and most universal affliction that people experience. It has been studied, analyzed, dissected, and explained from philosophical, political, and religious standpoints throughout time. However, the physiological understanding of it had remained quite limited for a very long time, which meant that pain management was extremely limited until relatively recently. It’s difficult […]
“Pain is pain” some might say, but of course we know that there are varying degrees of pain, as well as different types and durations which all affect our perceptions of pain. What we never expected was to find out that not only does pain vary based on the above reasons but also based on one’s […]
Mindfulness has become a very popular term, everyone is trying to practice it in their daily life.Mindfulness is the process of being in the moment, paying attention to the here-and-now instead of letting your mind drift to other concerns. This is something that has been taught in the Buddhist tradition for millennia and is called […]
Emagine a regular day, you are going about your business, everything is going according to plan and then you take a wrong step and feel your ankle and leg turn in a way that doesn’t feel natural or comfortable, in fact quite the opposite, it’s awkward and painful. Then you are forced to stop in […]
