Strong and healthy muscles help with mobility and help ward off injuries caused by falls. Abdominal workouts strengthen not only the core muscles that they target but also help with maintaining good spine health. A strong core helps with better posture which can have a positive effect on alleviating back pain. Read below for tips…
Last week, we learned the vital role nutrition plays in slowing down the progression of osteopenia or osteoporosis. This week we will look at two simple lifestyle changes that can help you improve and maintain better bone health. Bone Health Step 2: Weight-Bearing Exercise Calcium supplements and osteoporosis medications can stop bone loss. Diemer explains. “But the body…
New Year’s is the perfect time to make lifestyle changes to reduce your chronic pain. It can be difficult to stick to vague, lofty goals. Instead, resolve to build specific, realistic habits into your daily routine. Here are 4 concrete resolutions to help you experience improved health and pain relief: 1. Walk 10,000 steps a…
Yoga, as long as it has not been advised otherwise by the specialist, can help to improve the health of your spine and relieve back pain. Many positions will allow you to lengthen the spine and thus create space between the spinal discs, relieving pressure that can be exerted on them.
When you’re dealing with the aches and oftentimes debilitating soreness of lower-back pain, there’s a good chance all you want to do is stay in bed. Yet research published in JAMA found that any kind of exercise—whether it’s core strengthening, aerobic exercise, or stretching—is the best way to ease pain and reduce the risk of another back pain attack. The…
Swimming is a great way to cool off during the hot summer months, but many people find that recreational swimming also can help ease back pain! Check out the article, below, for more information on why it’s important to become familiar with a pool! An advantage to exercising in a pool is that the buoyancy…