Do you have a bad back? Are you overweight? Approximately 60% of Americans are categorized as overweight due to having a body mass index of over 25%. Excess weight is one major factor in causing chronic back pain. As many dieters know, losing weight takes time and energy. It can be daunting and painful to [...]

While it may be unusual to suffer disk problems in the middle and upper back, thoracic back pain can be very painful and may be caused by any number of medical conditions. Many people suffering from chronic pain, that is lasting more than a month, may have a herniated disk, but the way the thoracic [...]

From the time we are born, our bodies are at the mercy of big, bad gravity. Over time gravity forces the vertebrae together, creating pressure on the discs of the spine. A back pain inversion table is a popular and effective means of treating back pain and is commonly used in inversion therapy.
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Other than slipping and falling on you back and exclaiming, that’s going to hurt, predicting back pain is not all that easy. Unless your doctor is also an establish psychic they probably can look at certain indications to consider the possibility that at some point you may suffer some pain in your back, but chances [...]

To the stylish, Vogue-reading woman, high heels are essential elements of any fashionable wardrobe. Manolo Blahnik. Gucci. Steve Madden. Prada. Christian Louboutin. They make the legs appear longer, the tush appear higher, and the calves appear sleeker. They are a symbol of sex appeal and feminine beauty. High heels are also the bane of many [...]

The causes of muscle fatigue, low back pain, and back spasms are many. The most common are trauma to the back due to a car accident, sports or other injury and muscle fatigue, low back pain, and back spasms due to a disorder like arthritis. Back pain is the second most common reason people miss [...]

For many people, waking up with morning back pain is a regular occurrence and their first impulse may be to go out and buy a new mattress. In many instances, this may solve the problem, as one of the main causes of back pain is poor posture, poor lumbar support while sitting and poor back [...]

Many people experience lower back pain at some point—it usually occurs as a function of performing a strenuous activity that the body is not used to doing.  Yard work, heavy lifting, a trick move in athletics—any of these activities can lead to muscle sprains, muscle spasms, sprained ligaments, a “slipped disk”, or joint problems.
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Lower back pain during pregnancy is a common occurrence one many women have to deal with. There are numerous causes for lower back pain during pregnancy depending on when it occurs. There are several different types of lower back pain during pregnancy the first comes usually during the beginning of pregnancy. It is similar to [...]

Being a sufferer of chronic back pain for many years myself, and a three-year user of Lipitor, I consider myself well qualified to examine the link between Lipitor and back muscle pain. Personally, since I began taking Lipitor three years ago I have not had any significant changes in the amount of back pain that [...]