“When back pain suddenly shows up, we are tempted to blame it on the last minor stressor that affected it, such as a soft bed in a hotel. This is like blaming your bankruptcy on the last latte you bought before your account finally went into the red.” – Todd Hargrove...
If there were a magic bullet blog post that could tackle the underlying causes of a lot of back and knee pain issues, you’d be reading it now. We’re about to delve into a treasure trove of anatomical knowledge, zero in on why the Gluteus Maximus often goes...
“87% of young people have back pain. The other 13% have no computer.” – Unknown Several regions of the human body’s back, or dorsal side, are commonly subject to pain. And these regional types of pain have a variety of causes that are often specific to those...
“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...
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...