Posts by PMIR
Back it Up: Before You Go Under the Knife, Consider These Alternatives
Back surgery can be –well–a pain in the neck (and back). While 56 million Americans suffer from back pain, only an estimated five percent require surgery. Surgery isn’t always the ideal treatment and operations can fail or lead to additional operations. Although back surgery is one course of action, there are effective alternatives to consider…
Read MorePrescribing of Opioids Has Gone Too Far
On March 15, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain in response to a growing epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths in the U.S. While Americans constitute only 4.6% of the world’s population, we consume 80% of the global opioid supply. In…
Read MorePilates and its Benefit for Back Pain
Pilates is a series of vigorous exercises that lengthens and strengthens muscles simultaneously. Pilates is unique in that it uses spring loaded equipment to provide resistance. This helps to ensure that no muscle is ever over or under trained. Joseph Pilates originally called the system “contrology,” and strongly believed in the mind, body and spirit…
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