Don’t Let Housework Be a Pain in Your Back
Household chores can be a pain in the sacroiliac. Unless you’re careful, routine activities around the home— washing dishes, vacuuming, even talking on the phone— can strain your back, …
Category: Back
Backpacks: Lighten Your Child’s Load
As millions of kids get ready to go back to school, many will pull out old backpacks or purchase new ones. While the books, homework assignments, lunches, and other …
BACK To The Stats
Although doctors of chiropractic (DCs) care for more than just back pain, many patients visit DCs looking for relief from this pervasive condition. Thirty-one million Americans have low back …
Backpack Misuse & Chronic Back Pain
Back pain is pervasive among American adults, but a new and disturbing trend is emerging. Young children are suffering from back pain much earlier than previous generations, and the …
Why Do My Knees Hurt?
It seems that as they get older, many people expect their knees to give out. Osteoarthritis of the knee is, in fact, common in those over age 50 and …
When Is Back Pain More Than Back Pain?
Out of the blue, your back starts to hurt. At first, it’s just an annoyance. You can live with it. You’ve had lower back pain before and it went …
What’s Wrong with My Back?
Not all back problems are created equal. One person may have been working on a home improvement project and injured her back while simultaneously bending and twisting. Another person …
What Should I Do for a Herniated Disc?
Herniated discs in the lumbar spine are fairly common and having one doesn’t sentence you to a lifetime of back problems. In fact, at least one-third of people over …
What Should I Do About My Pain?
No one really wants to be a worrier. We certainly don’t want to visit our chiropractor or family doctor for every ache and pain. But eventually we all experience …
The Problem of Radiating Pain
Many people experience radiating pain as a component of neck pain or low back pain. A person with neck pain might have pain that radiates down her arm, possibly …