Suffering from stiffness in your back? Soreness? Pain in a certain spot? You may think you should be resting. In fact, many people would think they should be resting to prevent further pain or injury. But the truth is, you actually should keep moving. A recent survey published in Consumer Reports showed that the top-rated...

Usually when back pain strikes, we can pinpoint it. It could be lumbar (lower back) pain, it could be cervical (neck) pain, a pinched nerve, and so on. But what happens when we cannot tell exactly where our pain is coming from? This is called nonspecific back pain, which is defined as pain that’s difficult...

Your back hurts, so you want to lay flat on your back. Should you also sleep flat on your back? What is the best sleep position for back pain? Consumer Reports came out with a new report, and sought advice from an orthopedic surgeon, on what types of sleeping positions are best for various pains...

One of the most famous Russian Olympians, Evgeni Plushenko, has started the Winter Olympics with a bang. The 31-year-old figure skater is more than double the age of the Russian team’s other star figure skater, Yulia Lipnitskaya. And as we all know, aging and increasing pain go hand in hand. As a professional athlete, surgery...

February is American Heart Month. Heart attacks strike 715,000 Americans each year according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Of these, 525,000 are a first-time heart attack and 190,000 occur in people who have already had a heart attack. The symptoms of heart attack may not be as sudden as we think. In fact,...

Are you sick of sitting all day in the office? There may be a solution for that. Standing desks are gaining in popularity, and they can even help your back pain. We already know that sitting all day and leading a sedentary lifestyle can be detrimental to overall health. Sitting for a long period of...