Chiropractor Recommended Mattress: Which Is Best for Back Pain?
When you consider that the average person will sleep eight hours a day (or one-third of each day), then that means you spend one third of your life in bed, which translates to about 25 years, then it’s easy to understand why picking the right mattress is so important. Add in the fact that at […]
11 Powerful Strategies You Probably Aren’t Using to Stop Shoulder Pain
We’ve all been there at one time or another. You wake up one morning and go to put on your shirt, but you stop dead in your tracks because your shoulder hurts like a SOB. As you start to rub it, you wonder, did I sleep on it wrong? What have I done differently in […]
Disc Degeneration: 5 Ways to Beat Pain and Stay Sane
One of the most common causes of low back and neck pain is due to degenerative disc disease. While this is called a “disease”, it’s actually nothing more than wear and tear on the discs in the spinal column that come from age and everyday movements. The neck and lower back are typically the areas […]
Stop Herniated Disc Pain When Sleeping and Sitting
When a herniated disc causes you pain it can be nearly impossible to find relief. Sitting down doesn’t seem to help. Neither does laying down. This can make every hour of the day an exercise in pain. Luckily, there are ways you can find relief both sitting and sleeping. Read on to discover the best […]
6 Insane Ways to Save Wasilla Residents from Prenatal Back Pain
If you live in Wasilla and are expecting a baby, congratulations! This is an exciting period in your life whether it is your first or your fifth child! While this is a time for joyful celebration, it can also be a time of sheer frustration! In addition to morning sickness and an aversion to certain […]
4 Questions about Morning Aches & Pains that You’re Too Afraid to Ask
Let’s get right to the point. We know the answer to the question that no one wants to hear. The question? Why do I wake up feeling like a truck hit me? The answer you don’t want: Because you are getting old. At one time or another, everyone wakes up stiff and sore, but if […]
5 Secrets for Preventing Pain as We Age
If it hasn’t happened to you yet, it probably will. Those aches and pain that seem to crop up more often as we get older. Someone once joked that we sound like Rice Krispies as we get old, what with all those snap, crackle and pop noises going on! Unfortunately, once it does happen to you, […]
5 Simple (But Important) Things to Remember If You Want to Push Through the Pain
If you have ever been exercising at the gym and heard someone say “Come on! Push through! Push through that pain!”, you might have wondered what “push through the pain” means and how someone can push through physical pain. Perhaps a more important question is should you push through the pain? Knowing when you should stop […]
Nutrition Tips to Reduce Pain that You Don’t Learn in School
Can foods actually reduce pain levels? Yes, it can! An anti-inflammatory diet for chronic pain is often recommended by chiropractors and holistic doctors. Healing foods for back pain come to us directly from Mother Nature, but they aren’t all the same. When it comes to nutrition, the foods you are eating can actually make your chronic […]
8 Back Pain Red Flags: What to Do
Back pain can begin small and work its way into our every thought and action. Working to prevent this from happening is also key to preventing long-term pain conditions. The cause of pain and course of action for recovery depends very much on the intensity and origin of lower and upper back pain. Each person’s […]