Back Pain – Part One
Understand Your Back Pain Back pain sends more patients to doctors than any condition other than the common cold. About 56% of people living with low-back pain find that their symptoms interfere with their daily routines including work, sleep and sex. Low-pain is complex and the root of the pain often lies in the way we use our bodies every day; the seemingly insignificant habits that contribute to the wear and tear of low-back pain. The up-side is that equally simple changes in our everyday habits can reduce the severity of low-back pain symptoms. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be looking...
Read MoreNew Perspectives on Pain
At our clinic, we treat patients who experience acute and chronic pain. We’ve learned a few things along the way. For many pain is a very debilitating presence in their life affecting their everyday activities and their ability to live their lives fully. Others are more resilient and seem to have personal resources that enable them to move forward with their lives seemingly against all odds. An article by Kim Painter of USA Today, titled Your Health: Can Pain be Predicted ? sheds some light on these different responses to pain. New research has identified a gene that affects how we...
Read MoreBenefits of Massage Therapy
There are many benefits of therapeutic and orthopedic massage, including decreased stress, increased circulation and flexibility, and an overall general sense of feeling better! Massage can reduce stress, alleviate depression, reduce pain, boost the immune system and can even help premature babies catch up in their development. Massage is one of the best known remedies for stress. Reducing stress gives you more energy and improves your outlook on life. Massage can also relieve many types of muscle tightness, from a short-term muscle cramp to chronically tight neck and shoulders. Some massage...
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