Tag: Spinal Health

If you’re making a trip to the emergency room, it could be for many reasons. According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40 million people went for poisoning or some adverse effect, over 18 million people end...

Physical rehabilitation is a process through which people can have pain, functional mobility, and other issues related to injury and damage from physical conditions or diseases assessed and treated. Many different regimens and therapies are involved, and manual therapy is a common and...

 The nervous system is a vast network that reaches every part of the body. It transmits crucial information in the form of sensory input back and forth from the nerves to your brain regarding what you touch, taste, see, hear, and...

Modern medicine is filled with a plethora of wonders to help relieve pain and restore injured parts of the body, but you would likely be surprised to know a lot of medical professionals also rely on a number of alternative treatments...

Regardless of what condition you struggle with, the type of pain you endure is labeled under one of two descriptions: acute, where the pain is present for a fairly short time then dissipates, or chronic where the pain is persistent for long...

Your muscles are among the most numerous and most important soft tissue in your body. You have over 600 muscles, performing tasks as diverse as moving parts of your body, helping your heart to pump blood, digesting food, or moving your...

 Many conditions are common among specific demographics based on age, gender and other factors, but back pain is universally endured by millions for many reasons. Back pain currently affects 540 million people globally of many different age and gender groups, and 8...

We have many joints in our bodies that break down into three types: synarthroses (or immovable joints), amphiarthroses (slightly movable), and diarthroses (freely movable, also known as synovial joints). The synovial joints include ball and socket joints, hinge joints, pivot joints,...

Getting injured is a part of being active, and research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows an annual average of 8.6 million sports or physically active related injuries. Many of these injuries are not serious, consisting of sprains...

Weight gain is a problem for millions, and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), since 1975, obesity has tripled across the globe affecting 650 million adults and 39 million children. In America, over 40% of adults and nearly 20% of children struggle with...