Back Pain News

Reality: Not so. In fact, research showing the advantages of these exercises continues to grow, according to the IDEA Health & Fitness Association, a worldwide group of health/fitness professionals.

Carrying a baby for nine months certainly can take a toll on an expectant mom's lower back.

Move over Madonna. An 82-year-old from Highland may become the new poster girl for Ashtanga yoga.

Lower back pain is complex, but strong abdominal muscles can help to prevent lower back pain.

Eighty per cent of Canadians will suffer lower back pain and it's no fun. But a research group at the U of C has found that working on hip strength helps reduce back pain.

Local veterans and active duty military personnel interested in chiropractic care will be able to do so with no out-of-pocket expense until the next Fourth of July.

To really avoid back problems, however, it is important to not only stop slouching, but also to start moving.

Of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, 80 percent are women, and having a mother with osteoporosis puts a daughter particularly at risk for fractures.

For the past 11 years, North Andover resident Tom LaChance has put his back through the ringer.

Most of us associate botulinum toxin, also known as Botox with the cosmetic treatment of facial wrinkles.

Oh, my aching back! This cry of pain, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke , is uttered most often by older folks.

One too many squad thrusts and broad jumps in the gym and I felt an electric shock shoot down my spine, sciatica.

Step 4 -- Forward fold: Cross one leg so your ankle rests on the opposite knee. This stretches your hip muscles.

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What's the most time-consuming thing you do, day in and day out, every day of your life? Eating? I hope not.

Most people have experienced back pain or neck pain at some point in their lives, and oftentimes the onset of this pain can seem to be without cause.

PHYSICIAN: Dr Segun Dawodu, interventional pain physician, board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, pain medicine, spinal cord injury medicine and electrodiagnostic medicine.

The coccyx, or tailbone, is the remnant of a lost tail which is present for four weeks in an embryo's development.

The 2008 Lake Blackshear "Loop the Lake" 5K run and one-mile walk benefiting Ruth's Cottage and GraceWay Recovery Residence will be held on Saturday, July 19 at Georgia Veterans State Park.

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 7,000 children were injured last year due to overloaded backpacks, some weighing as much as 45 pounds.