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It’s not uncommon for people with back pain to experience symptoms into one or both of the lower extremities. Often times, people instinctively think their leg pain is related to a pinched nerve. While that is certainly one possibility, a pinched nerve is not always the case. Determining the cause of your leg pain can… Continue Reading “I Have Pain In My Leg! It Must Be A Pinched Nerve.”
We are quickly approaching the gardening season, if we haven’t already. Gardening is a great way to stay active, enjoy the outdoors and improve your overall health. Have you thought about your posture while you are gardening? Unfortunately, gardening requires us to be bent over for prolonged periods of time.
Stretching in general is a hot topic for health care professionals. There seems to be a growing body of evidence supporting a dynamic warm-up prior to athletic activities, as opposed to static stretching. A dynamic warm-up is the process of performing controlled exercise drills designed to gently introduce the tissues in our body to a… Continue Reading Dynamic Warm-up vs. Static Stretching Prior to Activity
Back pain, especially lower back pain, is an ailment that will affect more than 85 percent of Americans at some point. For those that suffer from chronic back pain, looking for natural ways to alleviate pain is much preferable to living on pain meds. Often, these painkillers don’t offer much relief and only treat the… Continue Reading 7 Quick Tips To Ease Back Pain
Sports injuries that cause back pain may, for some people, occur more frequently during summer months. The obvious reason is that weather and free time tend to encourage more frequent engagement with running, swimming, cycling and other activities during this time.