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This is part 3 of the continuing series that is focused on listing the definitions of important terms surrounding issues of the spine, bones, and spinal cord. You may want to bookmark this blog post so that you can find it at a later time. While you won’t [...]
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Below are three back stretches and exercises that your spine specialist might recommend.
Pelvic Tilt
The pelvic tilt strengthens your lower abdominal muscles and stretches your low back (lumbar spine).
Start on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor.
As you exhale, contract your abdominal muscles, pushing your belly button towards the floor [...]
Everyone respects a doctor because we’ve all experienced the massive amount of knowledge that doctors contain. Often a point of confusion is translating the complicated practice of medicine into a jargon that a layperson can understand. For those not familiar with the medical abbreviations that health professionals use on a daily basis we laypeople can [...]
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According to details listed in The American Journal of Medicine, men regularly taking painkillers are much more likely to suffer hearing loss. Researchers say a new study shows men, especially young men, taking paracetamol at least twice a week doubled the risk of mild to severe deafness before their 50th birthday. Painkillers like aspirin and [...]
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“Stand up while you read this.” That’s the headline on a The New York Times article about the negative effects of sitting down all day long. Even those that exercise regularly are still doing damage to themselves by staying seated in a chair all day long. According to the article, people who sit in front [...]
Many things can cause a pinched nerve. Whether it’s facet disease and bone spurs, disc bulges or herniations, or thickened ligaments due to arthritis, the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute can treat the source with a tiny laser through a 7 or 15 mm incision to free the nerve and rid you of your pain. And [...]
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The website onlineschools.org has a very interesting infographic on the facts about smoking. It’s full of informative knowledge, so we took a few key points and put them in bullet points below. We recommend you take a look at the infographic. The link to the full size image is at the bottom of this post.
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Half of all pregnant women can expect some back pain. Back pain develops for two reasons. One is simply the added weight caused by the pregnancy. Another may be that the extra weight is carried in the front of the body, shifting your center of gravity forward and putting more strain on the low back. [...]
We admit it, we get a little long winded in our blog posts. Often the facts are buried in lots of fancy adjetives and complex sentences. So today, we’re keeping it simple. Here are four bare bone tips to reducing the risk of back pain. The links will lead you to a longer winded version [...]
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We’ve made it very clear about how we feel about smoking and back pain, so of course we are in favor of just about anything that would help someone to kick their cigarette habit, but the new “e-cigarettes” have an unknown safety profile, says the FDA.
Called an “e-cigarette,” or electronic cigarette, it contains no tobacco, [...]
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