A Good Night’s Sleep
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Developing back pain is the perfect way to ruin a good night’s sleep. But we live in a world that believes in having choices. There’s plenty of products on the market that can help you sleep better [...]
I’ll Try Anything – Even Exercise
A lot of back pain can be reduced by exercising. It seems like such a contradiction, but it’s true. The caveat is you don’t want to suddenly try to do a lot of exercises you’re not used to doing. You need to ease into the exercise program and give your back time [...]
Ditch the High Heels
I have a theory that high heels were invented to keep women subjugated. You can’t run in them and sometimes it seems you can barely walk in them. But worse of all they can actually throw your spine out of alignment. They cause an unnatural curve of the spine and can put [...]
I Need a Good Chair
I hear people say all the time they really need to get a good chair for their desk at work. What happens is they put it off and put it off until one day their back does exactly what they expected it to do – start hurting. Having back pain while trying to [...]
A Lesson in Sitting
It seems like we should just know how to sit properly, but unfortunately we don’t. How you sit and how long you sit can have a direct impact on your spine health. There are lots of people who sit all day at work and then sit in front of the television at night. [...]
My Mother Told Me to Stand Up Straight
It turns out my mother was right when she kept telling me to stand up straight. Maintaining good posture as you go through life is important for preventing back problems. When you look at people around you it’s easy to find lots of them who round their shoulders and curve their spines. [...]
Twist Me Like a Pretzel
Doing yoga is a great way to stretch your muscles and get relaxed while actually exercising too. Though aerobics is a great way to work out, you can’t call it soothing and peaceful. Yoga provides so many benefits all in one program. You can improve your posture, tone your muscles and find peace [...]
I’m Trying a Chiropractor
If you’re looking for some back pain relief, a chiropractor may be able to help. Chiropractors use to have a bad reputation, but that’s not true anymore. Now they are respected professionals in their field, and they can offer a lot of back pain relief to people who have suffered a long time. [...]
Using Pilates for Back Pain Relief
Pilates is a great exercise form that combines the best of both Eastern and Western techniques. Pilates uses exercises, breathing and stretching to keep the muscles strong and limber. If you’re battling back pain of any kind, a program of pilates may be exactly what you need to follow in order to build [...]
How Come That Needle Doesn’t Hurt?
I like to try alternative forms of back pain treatment whenever possible. Sometimes, the familiar stand-bys like analgesics or ice packs just don’t do the job of relieving the back pain. Before I’d even consider having surgery, I’d look into all forms of treatment including acupuncture.
Acupuncture has been around for over 5,000 years. [...]