Call me old-timey but a honking good tip for preventing and reducing back pain can be found in the simple shoe horn. This article goes out to my shoe horn that just broke. RIP (Recycled in pieces).  Now, you may be the kind of person that unties their shoes every time they take them off.…

Many patients come into the clinic with pain and twinges because the night before they, “slept funny”. It could be from a sleeping position held all night long or their pillow being too large or small but more often than not, low back pain patients complain that it was as soon as they got out…

As the research increases for acute injuries like sprains and strains, the acronym for first treatment has changed as well. “R.I.C.E. and M.E.T.H.” (“rest, ice, compression, elevation” and “movement, exercise. traction, heat”) are now a much friendlier “P.E.A.C.E. & L.O.V.E.” When an injury happens, the best initial care is to keep the PEACE for the…

When anyone says the term “working out”, people often know exactly what they mean – going to the gym or having a run, bike, or swim.  Working out is essential for promoting health and preventing disease.  More studies have been written linking the positive effects of exercise on physical and mental disease than I would…