Back Pain

Most of us have experienced back pain at one time or other, but has it ever occurred to you that the ache in your back might also be related to migraines, knee pain, or even digestive troubles? The connection between these seemingly unrelated problems is a little-known substance called fascia.[...]
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It’s time to turn the page on the calendar to a new year and a new decade, so who wants to feel stuck in the same old achy body? Trigger point massage therapy is a drug-free, surgery-free way to relieve your aches and pains — even if you’ve been carrying[...]
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So the saying goes, 'tis the season to be jolly, but shorter days and year-end pressures to shop, attend parties and travel can all add to your stress level rather than relieve it. At this busy time of year, your back or neck might be letting you know they've had[...]
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It’s the time of year for making a list and checking it twice. If one of the items on your list is to check the balance in your HSA or FSA and you discover a little extra, you might want to use some of those funds on a massage.[...]
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Our bodies work hard every day. So many functions go on without our even really being aware of what’s happening: the heart pumps, the stomach digests, synapses communicate, all without our having to think about any of it.[...]
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When people think of health problems, they usually think of sudden traumas that are like falling off a cliff: being in a car accident, a heart attack, or a bout with the flu. Not as many think of the slow decline that creeps up stealthy as a mugger, gradually draining[...]
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Nobody wants to be in pain, that goes without saying, and yet so many of us are. Over 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, and one out of every 10 people has experienced pain that lasts more than 3 months. Pain can make you to miss out on activities[...]
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Everyone knows what pain is, unfortunately. As for myofascial, ‘myo,’ means ‘muscle,’ and ‘fascia’ means connective tissue, in this case the tissue that surrounds your muscles. Fascia is continuous throughout the body. You can think of it as a really long roll of natural plastic wrap; it’s amazing stuff that[...]
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Got back pain? Studies show that some 80% of us will suffer from back pain at some point or other in our lives. But seeing as that’s most of us, this fact probably doesn’t come as a surprise. What you might not know is that research also shows that a[...]
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Whether or not you subscribe to the “no pain, no gain” philosophy of exercise, this rule doesn’t apply when it comes to needless suffering due to trigger points in back or neck muscles. Trigger points are tiny cramps in your muscles that can appear as a result of injury, under[...]
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