About Pain
When You’re Up to Your Neck in Pain
Your neck is a well-engineered structure of bones, nerves, muscles, ligaments and tendons that can support the full weight of your head and move in several directions. This combination of complexity and mobility can make your neck susceptible to pain and injury. Poor posture, arthritis and wear-and-tear of age can also lead to neck pain,…
Read MoreOh, What a Headache!
Nearly everyone has a headache from time to time. In fact, according to the World Health Organization, approximately 47 percent of the world’s adult population has had a headache within the last year. It’s believed that chemical activity in your brain, nerves or blood vessels in your head, muscles in your head and neck—or some…
Read MoreThinking About Back Surgery? Think Again.
Your spine is an elegant anatomical marvel of 33 individual bones stacked on top of one another that allows you to stand upright, bend and twist. But the strength and flexibility that’s engineered into your lower back also make it susceptible to injury. Over time, a sedentary lifestyle, poor posture, improper lifting, repetitive stress movements…
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