Sure, there’s nothing quite like soda to go along with that burger and fries you’ve decided to have for lunch. Not unless you care about what you put in your body and what long-term effects it is going to have on your well-being. If you do care about your health and your body, however, take [...]
The website good.is recently published an infographic that shows the relationship between the obesity rates of each state and its citizens’ commuting habits. The question they pose asks, “Are people who walk, bike, and commute to work thinner than people who simply drive and sit behind a desk?”
If the icon is blue, that means the [...]
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Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease in the United States and developed countries. It is a disease of low bone mass resulting in deterioration of the structure of bones. This deterioration can weaken your bones so much that you can fractures without major trauma. Every day activities, such as lifting a bag of groceries [...]
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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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 [...]
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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An extended-release form of the pain medication tapentadol has fewer gastrointestinal side effects than oxycodone when it’s used for pain relief in people with osteoarthritis or chronic low back pain, a new study shows.
The painkiller, called tapentadol ER, could provide a new alternative for the relief of chronic pain if approved by the FDA.
Researchers say [...]
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No one likes the idea of undergoing a surgical procedure and typically everyone seeks an alternative to surgery. Our doctors do not primarily seek surgical methods to relieve your back or neck pain. The final step for most patients is undergoing surgery to relieve back or neck pain. A recent article on CNN lists alternative [...]
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