If you’re one of the millions of people who suffer from lower back pain, you know that there is often not one surefire treatment that cures the pain. The truth is that managing back pain is often a process of trial and error and you will likely have to try several options to see what…
Question: I’m 36, and I’ve had low back pain caused by spinal stenosis for the last few years. I’m currently taking medications to help ease the pain, but I recently read that doing Pilates can help reduce back pain. I’m already very active. (I mostly walk and swim for exercise.) But now I’m wondering, should…
Study strengthens the link between smoking and lower back pain, and also sheds light on the causes of degenerative lumbar spine problems. The study on smoking and low back pain, which prospectively examined 1,337 physicians who graduated from Johns Hopkins University between 1948 and 1964, followed some participants for more than 50 years. Researchers discovered…
You are a woman, and the fact is an estimated one in two women will experience an osteoporosis-related fracture in her lifetime. And what about your daughter? Paying attention to your daughter’s nutrition and exercise now can help prevent the problems associated with osteoporosis in the future. A simple low-impact fall causes a wrist fracture,…
“Spring has sprung!” The flowers and trees are displaying the early arrival of this magnificent and exciting time of year, when nature reminds us of the beauty that is always around us, and within us, even when we aren’t aware of it. Though winter weather was brief and relatively mild this year, it was still…
Tormented by pain from two decades of lower back problems, Don Cook was nearly at his wits’ end. Operations, traction, drugs — nothing seemed to help him sleep better. At the behest of his family, he signed up for an exercise program for older people at Wichita State University, near his hometown, Derby, Kan. “I…