The importance of a healthy spine cannot be overstated, as the majority of your body is completely reliant on its performance. And yet, when one looks at the general posture habits of the current technologically-driven society, there is still a severe lack of awareness of how to properly care for this invaluable biological asset. If you are worried about your spine or are … [Read more...]
Can Muscle Knots Cause Nerve Pain?
Do you feel like the muscles in your neck and back are in a constant state of being strained, tight, or knotted? You’re not alone. In fact, the American Academy of Pain Medicine reports that low back pain and neck pain are two of the most commonly reported chronic pain symptoms in the U.S. For a better understanding of what muscle knots are exactly and how they affect your … [Read more...]
Middle Back Pain – Causes, Risks and Effective Stretches
Middle back pain, as its name implies, occurs in the middle back or thoracic spine. The pain often starts from the bottom of the neck, and it goes all the way down to the waist. The first step toward treating middle back pain is to understand what causes it. Here are a few things you need to know about middle back pain. How Common Is Middle Back Pain? A few surveys were … [Read more...]
Radiculitis – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Options
Radiculitis, or radicular pain, is a transferred pain that is discharged along the path of a nerve branching out from the spine. The pain is felt due to pressure on the nerve root at the point of its connection to the spinal column. This pressure on a nerve that causes radicular pain is connected to inflammation and can be caused by several conditions, like herniated disc or … [Read more...]
World’s First Backpack Booster Removes 27 Pounds of Weight Off Your Neck and Improves Your Posture
SuperStraps SuperStraps is the world’s first backpack booster that instantly relieves shoulder and back tension and lifts 27 pounds of force off your neck. Whether you are wearing a backpack on daily basis, or just occasionally have to bring your laptop to work, this is a product that should pique your interest. Aptly named, SuperStraps is created by BetterBack (crowdfunding … [Read more...]
Back Pain or Kidney Pain? How to Recognize the Difference?
Occasionally the symptoms of two different conditions can overlap enough to create confusion. This can often be the case with lower back pain and kidney pain. Both conditions can present in a comparable manner, but most likely have completely different causes. The best way to recognize the difference is by examining all the symptoms, triggers and characteristics, rather than a … [Read more...]
5 Effective Aids That Help Relieve Back Pain
When it comes to back pain, research says most adults experience it at one time or another in their lives, and often trips to the doctor for it are unnecessary. Acute back pain typically results from a temporary strain which pulls or stretches a muscle beyond its normal limits. While this type of back pain should diminish over a couple weeks, in that time, it’s the use of aids … [Read more...]
Tackling Back Pain in the Modern Workspace
Lower back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, as reported by the Global Burden of Disease. Anyone can get back pain. There are however some aspects that can increase your risk. The type of job you do, getting older, being overweight, smoking, certain diseases and poor physical fitness can all contribute to having a constant ache in your back. Can Back Pain Be … [Read more...]
Tennis Ball Tricks for Relieving Pain in your Back, Neck, Shoulders, Hip, Knees, Feet and more… (Video Included)
A chronic lack of sleep, a crowded subway or long commute, a sedentary lifestyle with hours on hours of sitting in an uncomfortable office chair looking at a 15-inch screen all take their toll on our bodies and lead us down the road of painful back, neck, and leg problems. In this fast world many don’t have the luxury or taking a break and visiting a physiotherapist or … [Read more...]
Ways to Manage Posture Problems You Might Not Have Thought Of
At some point in life, most of us will develop back and neck pain. The pain may be related to an accident, sports injury, or even due to health conditions such as scoliosis. However, the leading cause of back and lower back pain can be related to poor posture. Most of the repetitive activities people engage in at work or at home such as spending long hours hunched behind a … [Read more...]
