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What Causes Sciatic Nerve Pain?
Although symptoms occur in the buttocks, hips, and legs, sciatica falls under the general umbrella of back pain. It results from various health conditions. Here are the six top root causes.
Fibromyalgia: What Is It, and What Are the Symptoms?
Do you think you might have fibromyalgia, or have you already been diagnosed with it? Here is some basic information on this “overall pain” disorder. What is fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia is a health condition that involves broad musculoskeletal pain, low energy, sleep disorders, emotional disturbances, and cognitive difficulties. Experts on fibromyalgia think that pain becomes more […]
5 Tips For Easing Back Pain
There are many all-natural ways to alleviate neck and back pain. Combining different methods can expedite your recovery. Many different strategies have been developed to bring relief to people suffering from chronic neck and back pain. Here are some of those that have been advocated by patients as tactics that delivered results for them.
Recognize the Early Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Have you been noticing fatigue, fever, numbness, or pain? Your body could be in the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is the fourth most common rheumatic disease among Americans (1.5 million adults), behind osteoarthritis (27 million), fibromyalgia (5.0 million), and gout (3.0 million). RA isn’t a condition that becomes apparent all at once. […]
Facts on Diabetic Neuropathy
Diabetes is often accompanied by diabetic neuropathy. Here is some basic information on the condition. Connection between diabetes & nerve damage Diabetes is typically damaging to the nervous system. In fact, about 2 in 3 people who have diabetes also suffer from neuropathy, according to federal statistics. Sometimes the nerve symptoms – such as numbness, […]
How Physical Therapy Can Ease Chronic Pain
Physical therapy is standardly used for patients suffering from chronic pain. Let’s look at what a physical therapist does and what to expect from treatments. What is physical therapy? Physical therapy is often used as a way to rehabilitate chronic pain conditions. Also sometimes called physiotherapy, it is a form of medicine that incorporates diverse […]
Common Myths About Sciatica
One form of pain that patients typically experience is sciatica. However, many people don’t understand exactly what sciatica is and what they can do to treat it. The basics on sciatica Sciatica is pain and related symptoms that result when the sciatic nerve is pinched or aggravated. The pain can be experienced at any part […]
Using Yoga to Relieve Chronic Lower Back Pain
Yoga has become an increasingly popular form of exercise. It is a natural, safe, and effective way to treat chronic pain in the lower back. More people trying yoga You may have noticed that yoga has become much more popular in recent years. That’s actually backed up by surveys sponsored by Yoga Journal in 2008 […]
Three Ways to Reduce Whiplash Effects
The necessity of protecting your neck Incredibly, every 17 seconds in the United States, a driver gets rear-ended. Unfortunately, a lot of vehicles, particularly ones manufactured prior to 2009, don’t have good whiplash safeguards. Whiplash is incredibly common and can even happen when the car that hits you is only going 10 mph. Actually, whiplash […]
Best Foods For Pain Relief
Researchers are continually finding that the food you cook and eat every day can deliver effective pain relief more safely than prescription medicine can. Using food to your advantage More than four centuries ago, in Doctor Faustus, playwright Christopher Marlowe first expressed the idea that misery loves company. Unfortunately, he seems to have been right. […]