There is a lot of well meaning "help" out there, but ultimately you have to know what you are doing. Quiz yourself!
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Simple things can work wonders when it comes to keeping your spine healthy. This is called preventative maintenance, and its equivalent is an old saying you may have heard: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
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About 15% of all people have sleep problems. If you live with chronic back pain, you may be one of the 2/3 of people with this condition you who has trouble falling or staying asleep. On top of that, some of the very pain medications you may be taking may contribute to your disrupted sleep.
Here are 10 tips for falling and staying asleep when you have chronic back pain.
| Chronic Pain and Depression | Back Pain | Learn More About Sleep and Pain |
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What can I say about the glute bridge? In my mind, it's a wonder exercise - it challenges your coordination, builds your awareness of how your body moves, strengthens the part of your hips that, for most people, really need it, and stretches the front of the hip which gets so tight in our sit-down oriented culture. I think it feels really great on my back, too.
So today, the back exercise of the week is the glute bridge. If you can't do anything else, I'd recommend this one.
| Core Strength | Back Pain | Posture Exercise |
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Whiplash is a common term that can mean a lot of things. To doctors and medical experts it means you have a collection symptoms that result from sudden hyperextension followed by sudden flexion of your neck. This is the order of events in many rear end car accidents. (Here's a write up of a study done to find the best position to put your headrest to avoid whiplash injury in the event of a whiplash event. )
Recover from Whiplash | Back and Neck Pain | Common Neck Injuries |
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So you have poor posture. Maybe you sit at the computer too many hours every day, or maybe you don't do your back exercises or any type of posture exercise for that matter.
Whatever the reason, you may have heard that Pilates can really help back pain and posture. By many accounts, this is true. How does it work? My Pilates and Posture article answers that question nicely.
| Ways To Align Your Spine | Back Pain | Yoga for Back Pain |
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