We probably all think about time travel at least once in our lives, you know, going back and undoing something abysmally stupid or asking him out. That kind of thing. The question that comes up is, what else would it change? I’ve decided the one thing I would do is lift with my knees. I can’t see that living without back pain would seriously impact where I am right now.
I can look back now on the years of tossing around 40 pound containers of pizza dough with abandon and helping friends move – oh to be in college with a car! – and...

Millions of people throughout the world want to lose weight. Because of this, weight loss products are flooding the market. Everything from diet foods and plans to workouts and miracle pills. However, perhaps the most controversial of these weight loss methods are the weight loss surgeries.

While the idea of going to sleep, being able to have a surgery performed and waking up thin is appealing, it isn’t, in reality, what happens. Surgery, of any kind, for any reason is dangerous and should never be taken lightly. Weight loss surgery, specifically...

The end to your back pain can be as easy as choosing decompression therapy. When it comes to relieving back pain, most people make an appointment with their family physician instead of a trained chiropractor. The problem with this is that a general practitioner can only guess at what is causing the pain and has a tendency to write a prescription for the immediate pain while advising to use heat and ice as a means of relief. This may mask the pain, but it does not get to the root problem of what is causing the pain in the first place....

Millions of people around the world suffer from neck pain. The causes of neck pain are as varied as the people who suffer from it. Anything from an automobile accident to a sports injury in high school can cause a person to suffer from neck pain.

One common reason for neck pain is simply, age. Getting older is hard on our bodies, our joints and muscles in particular. As we age, the joints in our neck suffer from wear; this often results in osteoarthritis of the neck, which can be an acute source of neck pain.

Another result of...

You know all those TV commercials that offer one strange gadget or another that is guaranteed to get our “cores” in great shape?  Well, there is some validity to the concept.  This is because back pain can manifest as something that doesn’t seem related to the back.

This is not to advise that anyone rush right out and buy one or more of the machines, balls or medieval torture devices designed to give us six-pack abs in minutes a day.  Rather, the point is that the back is, physically, the core of your body, and while having a sexy...

Few things are quite as debilitating as back pain.  For those who have never experienced a serious back ache, the concept is incomprehensible.  We use our backs constantly for everything, from walking to standing; every aspect of our daily lives requires our backs to function properly and painlessly.  When back pain strikes, the only thought in our heads is how to get rid of it.  A better understanding of the mechanics of back pain may help you prevent the problem.

Common causes of...

At the end of each day I usually have a headache.  It’s from the stress of a deadline, or something needs to be done that I haven’t had time to do, kids, another deadline, traffic, or just everyday life.  For a lot of people tension headaches seem can be part of ongoing everyday life. You may have one right now and that’s why you’re reading this.  There are a few simple things you can do to get through the day without a headache.
Many of us know the pain of a garden-variety tension or stress headache.  It throbs; it’s dull...

There is nothing more physically or emotionally debilitating as spinal injuries. Since our spine is our life line to all of our major organs and is responsible for most of the movements our bodies make, it is no wonder that those suffering from injuries of the spine live a very low quality of life. They can’t pick up their kids to hold them. They can’t play golf or tennis like they used to. They can hardly even walk to the mailbox without wincing in pain. Along with the pain is the medication used to stop it. Endless...

Symptoms of the tension headache include a dull, aching head, tenderness of the scalp and neck and a sensation of tightness around the forehead, sides and back of the head. For most people these headaches are of mild to moderate severity. Unlike migraines, tension headaches rarely produce any sort of visual disturbance. Likely caused by changes in brain chemistry, tension headaches can occur when serotonin and endorphin levels fluctuate. Common triggers are stress, fatigue, postural errors and jaw clenching.

When you go see your doctor...