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Opioids are strong drugs that are typically prescribed for cases of acute pain such as that from major trauma or post-surgery, and also for patients experiencing severe, chronic, debilitating pain; primarily from terminal cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. Opioids chemically bind to receptors in the central and peripheral nervous system and produce an analgesic effect via [...]
Continue Reading →No, it’s not quit smoking, exercising more, or eating a healthy diet I’m talking about; although these things can add years to your life. You know what it is? Answer: stop sitting too much! We are living in a society that encourages sitting, thanks to computers. Many jobs require it. Using the computer at [...]
Continue Reading →Qigong, sometimes spelled Chi gung, is a form of exercise that originated in China some 4,000 years ago. Literally translated to “life energy cultivation” it involves aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation for the purpose of balancing the body’s energy meridians and enhancing the intrinsic capacity of the body to heal. [...]
Continue Reading →Functional exercises, in my opinion, are the “best” kind of exercises in that you get the most “overall benefit” per unit time doing them. This is especially true for those who don’t have that much time to dedicate to exercise. Basically, functional exercises are those that engage the whole body rather than one section at [...]
Continue Reading →Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, or DOMS is a condition where your muscles feel pain a day or two after hard or unfamiliar exercise. DOMS is thought to more likely be worse with exercises that emphasize eccentric muscle contraction, where the muscle lengthens as it contracts. Examples of eccentric contraction include negative weight lifting (like lowering [...]
Continue Reading →It’s strange, but you would think that for someone experiencing neck, back, shoulder or any other type of musculoskeletal pain in his body, he would know exactly when it started, and how. But surprisingly, this is not the case for a majority of patients I have seen over the years. Most cases of pain I [...]
Continue Reading →I have a patient who complains of acute pain right under the right butt cheek, and inner part of the thigh. It is a persistent pain that has been bothering him for weeks and also feels stiff. He is in his mid 50s, professional, and in good health other than “high” cholesterol, for which he [...]
Continue Reading →A recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine compared the effectiveness of chiropractic spinal manipulation, pain medications, and home exercise and advice in treating biomechanical neck pain. The study participants were 272 people between the ages of 18 and 65 who complained of non-specific neck pain for 2-12 weeks. They were divided into three [...]
Continue Reading →Problems with the feet can lead to lower back pain. Custom shoe orthotic inserts can offer pain relief.
Continue Reading →If you suffer from foot pain, knee pain, or lower back pain of unknown origin, then it might be related to your shoes: Scientists recently held a conference in England to debate shoe running vs. barefoot running. Over the last five years, the barefoot movement has gained a lot of recognition among runners and [...]
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