The back is made up of bone, muscle and ligaments, all of which are capable of incurring damage from wear and tear and even disease. Back pain is often the result of a breakdown in the pads/discs between the vertebrae. This breakdown can be due to injury, disease, or other changes, including age and can be a source of a great deal of pain that can be constant and debilitating. In fact, more than one-third of all American adults reports having some form of chronic back pain. Here is more about ... [Read More]
Lower Back Pain
How Back Pain Can Affect Your Mood
In the United States, back pain is the second most common cause of disability, affecting over 80% of people at some point in their lives. Back pain is caused by injury from lifting heavy objects, accidents, injuries, or degeneration due to conditions such as herniated discs and sciatica. Even though back pain is extremely disabling and common, not all people experience the same symptoms, and even with people who do suffer the same symptoms, their reactions could be very different. This is ... [Read More]
What No one Tells You About Living with Lower Back Pain
Pain in the lumbar spine, whether acute or chronic, can affect a person’s overall quality of life – keeping them from making it to the office, going out for social events, or completing those mundane (yet necessary) tasks such as grocery shopping. Every year, 31 million Americans experience lower back pain at any given time, yet most are left searching for a real solution to alleviate their spine discomfort. In general, there are a lot of gray areas when it comes to understanding spine pain. ... [Read More]
Dry Needling and Low Back Pain
If you suffer from chronic low back pain, you know that there are many treatment options out there. But pain medication can have dangerous side effects and even cause dependency. Surgery is rarely recommended unless other treatments have failed to provide relief, and injections don’t always provide lasting results. Dry needling is a physical therapy technique that offers an alternative treatment for low back pain without the potential for dangerous side effects. Dry needling is included in m ... [Read More]
Is Your Back Pain Caused by Your Job?
It is not always intentional, but many jobs end up putting their workers at a high risk for back pain and injury. Information from the World Health Organization's International Labour Office reveals that the problem is global. The organization lists “musculoskeletal diseases” as common, and part of 268 million non-fatal workplace accidents in which employees miss work. According to Everyday Health, back pain is one of the most common medical problems in the United States, and the leading cause of ... [Read More]
