by Pain & Performance Team | Apr 18, 2022 | back pain
“If I woke up in the morning and nothing hurt, I would think I was dead.” – Unknown It is the stuff of jokes, humorous anecdotes, and light-hearted griping. Older people nod knowingly when their peers complain of an aching back and the imagery of waking up and...
by Pain & Performance Team | Mar 10, 2022 | back pain
While this sentiment may be humorous on its face, the truth is that many of us don’t do things that we might enjoy, or simply should do, because of a “bad back.’ Back pain can present itself in a myriad of degrees and locations. The structure of the human body we...
by Pain & Performance Team | Feb 16, 2022 | Pain Management
“Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.” ― George Orwell, 1984 Most of us do not enjoy being in pain. Fleeting, temporary, passing pain is bearable. And it...
by Pain & Performance Team | Jan 21, 2022 | back pain
As humans, most of us take movement for granted. The vast majority of us have been moving almost thoughtlessly for as long as we can remember. For some of us, we may only have become cognizant of that after we broke a bone while at the playground. Suddenly, some of...
by Pain & Performance Team | Oct 7, 2021 | Pain Management
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein The Problem of Pain and Movement What is movement? As one source points out, “Movement is a fundamental aspect of life. Movement is more than just...
