Depression May Worsen Prognosis of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Surgery
Lumbar spinal stenosis is a fairly common cause of chronic back pain among older people. It occurs when bone spurs or disc material impinges a nerve either within or just beyond the spinal canal. This...
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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is well-known for its ability to help patients deal both with mental and physical health issues. Chronic pain patients who undergo this form of therapy often reap...
View ArticleAn Exercise Plan Effective for African Americans with Arthritis
Both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis can cause a significant amount of pain, stiffness and disability. There is no cure for either condition, meaning that patients often struggle to fight...
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Best Sex Position for Men with Herniated Discs
For most individuals and couples, a healthy sex life, to include the best sex positions, is a vital component of overall well-being. Chronic back pain can take a toll on the quality of relationships...
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Guided Imagery Changes Experience of Pain by Empowering Patients
Visualize Research into chronic pain and its various treatment methods often faces a shortcoming: The typical tools used to measure pain intensity fail to account for the full experience of pain. Pain...
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Dairy May Help Manage, Prevent a Number of Chronic Health Conditions
Lunch Is dairy part of a healthy diet? We’ve long known that the calcium contained in dairy products is good for our bones and can help prevent osteoporosis; also, dairy’s protein content can aid in...
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Opioids Only Slightly Effective for Osteoarthritis Pain
Water exercise Osteoarthritis is a “wear and tear” form of arthritis in which joints deteriorate, leading to pain, stiffness and, sometimes, disability. While patients await a reliable treatment...
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Yoga May Be Safe, Effective for Disc-Related Back Pain
Exercise Research into the effectiveness of yoga as a form of exercise therapy for lower back pain has, time and time again, ruled in favor of this ancient form of exercise. In May of 2013, a...
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Osteoporosis Affects More Women, but Prognosis Worse for Men
X-ray The discussion of osteoporosis tends to focus on women; this is because estrogen levels affect bone strength and, after menopause, women’s bones become more brittle since their estrogen levels...
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Writing May be Key Component of Chronic Pain Management
Pain Spine surgeon David Hanscom, author of Back in Control: A Spine Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain, offered a startling estimate in a recent interview with Fox News: As many as two-thirds of...
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Combat Pain Catastrophizing with a Little Education
Pain catastrophizing occurs when pain patients have an exaggerated understanding and emotional response to actual or anticipated pain. Catastrophizing can manifest as the idea that pain will only get...
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Announcing Issue #3 of Healing Education Magazine: “Mind-Body Connection”
Our first issue launched in February of 2014 and contains several topics of interest to those looking for safe, effective and natural methods for working toward a pain-free life. In our second issue,...
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Dynamic Lumbar Stabilization is a Potential Alternative to Spinal Fusion:...
Spinal fusion is a common surgery performed to alleviate pain caused by spinal instability resulting from a condition such as degenerative disc disease or spondylolisthesis (the forward slipping of a...
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Move Toward Greater Sex Equality in Research Important for Women with Pain
Chronic pain is a prevalent health concern, and it disproportionately affects women. Research over the past couple decades has confirmed that women’s physiology is more amenable to pain than men’s....
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A Common Muscle Tension Pattern, and How to Combat It
Feeling sore? Our frequent use of computers and mobile devices can cause a specific pattern of muscle tension that’s hard to get rid of. When muscles are chronically tense, they can transition from...
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2 Steps for Relieving Back, Neck and Shoulder Tension
Lower back pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints, followed closely by neck, upper back and shoulder pain. Pain in these parts of the body can sometimes be traced back to a single...
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Headaches Associated with Sexual Activity: Prevention
There’s nothing like a sudden headache to put a damper on love-making, and it’s likely something that occurs to more people than we realize. About 1% of adults tell medical professionals that they...
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Website Helps Chronic Pain Patients Live Better Lives
Having chronic pain today is vastly different than having it decades ago. While much remains to be discovered about the causes, mechanisms and treatment of chronic pain, patients today have much more...
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Sitting on Exercise Ball Increases Back Muscle Strength
Is sitting on an exercise ball just another ab workout gimmick? Over the past decade it has become increasingly common to see exercise balls behind work desks in place of office chairs. The idea is...
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Study: Spinal Manipulation for Lower Back Pain Cost-Effective
Health care is expensive. Even if you have insurance, deductibles and co-pays may deter you from seeking treatment for certain health conditions. Chronic back pain is one condition that people often...
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