Date: March 7, 2012
Stress and Back Pain Stress is a part of life, and so is back pain. Ironically, stress is a leading cause of episodic back pain. Your body experiences a cascade of physiological responses during chronic stress setting the stage for injury. The human body is genetically programmed to respond to stressful situations by stimulation in a survival part of your brain known as the limbic system. Otherwise known as the reptilian or primal brain, it [Read More...]
Date: January 10, 2012
Maximizing Your Chiropractic Experience in Denver Back pain – the very words can send a chill down your spine. What many people hear these words, their first thought is “chiropractor”. Whether they’re personally used a chiropractor in the past or know someone who has, the think of a chiropractor as someone who can treat back pain. Chiropractic treatment has been clinically proven to reduce the signs, symptoms and underlying spinal causes of lower back pain. [Read More...]
Date: December 21, 2011
Exercise for Low Back Pain Back pain might go away for a while, but you never know when it will return. Research shows that recurrence rates for low back pain soar as high as 50% in the 12 months following the initial episode. And although patients are encouraged to return to normal activities as soon as possible, many fear that movement or activity will only make their pain worse. In July, the British Medical Journal [Read More...]
Date: November 18, 2011
Chiropractic and Neck Pain Neck pain is a common pain symptom experienced by most of us. Most neck pain begins with some kind of trauma, but sometimes the origin is difficult to identify. With all neck pain—no matter what the cause—the pain itself tells us that there is some kind of problem in the functioning of the different parts of the spine. The human spine is an amazingly versatile and complex structure that provides support, [Read More...]
