NPR recently published an article about the popular shoes that are supposed to make your leg muscles work harder and sculpt your body as you walk. However, at least two new studies are questioning those claims.
Toning shoes represent the fastest-growing segment of the shoe industry. In the Skechers store in downtown Boston, a manager says [...]
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We hate to harp on the same issues over and over again, but when we find a well informed article that gives some great information that we haven’t covered before we want to share it with our already well informed readers.
For our fans on Facebook and followers on Twitter, you guys probably already know this, [...]
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Combining pain and stress caused by the daily grind can be exhausting. Trying to perform normal tasks at work and at home can become almost impossible as bending, lifting, and sitting brings on sharp biting pain. We’ve talked about many alternatives to back pain relief, but today we’re focusing on the wonderful release of a [...]
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Not all minimally invasive surgery is the same and we know there are other spine clinic that claim to provide minimally invasive spine surgery, but there is a huge difference between The Minimally Invasive Spine Institute and the other guys.
Unfortunately, exciting medical advancements often lead to misconceptions, which is exactly what is happening in the [...]
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Don’t let your desk chair slowly kill you. Fight back with a few simple office exercises.
Office chair squat
This simple office exercise can be one of the most effective body-strengthening movements. Begin by standing as tall as possible and relaxing your shoulders. Lift your toes up to the top of your shoes. This will center your [...]
Schools all over north Texas are almost ready to start off another school year. Stores are stocked with supplies and one of those items has been a topic of discussion several times on this blog. Today we’ve gathered four of our previous blog posts that discuss backpacks, kids, and back pain. We discuss if there [...]
The internet is full of advice. Everyone is an expert at something and with the popularity of social networks it seems like there are an endless number of tips, advice, and ideas about back pain. Some articles are more useful than others, but they all provide a variety of viewpoints on spine health. We’ve been [...]
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Everyday we do our best to keep our blog up-to-date on the latest news concerning back pain, medical studies, and advice for those suffering from back pain. But this might be the weirdest story we’ve ever come across. The following paragraphs are from an article posted on the news site allvoices.com and as strange as [...]
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has just released a statistical brief about the use and expenditures of back pain in the US adult population in 2007. In it they bring up several points that are worth highlighting. According to the study:
In 2007, approximately 27 million adults, or 11.9 percent of adults age 18 [...]
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A few days ago spine-health.com published an article that gave some great information about how pain works. We’d encourage our readers to take a look at the article, When The Pain Won’t Stop. We’ve taken a brief section from their article that we thought was particularly helpful.
All Pain is Real
Saying that “pain is real” may [...]
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