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Why patients blame the weather for aching joints
New research adds to the evidence that weather doesn't aggravate joint pain. But patients will likely hold onto the belief.
Does Your Smartphone Have Your Back?
If you're anything like me, your smartphone has become your own personal assistant. No matter what you need-there's an app for that. So, why not let your smartphone help you with your back pain and neck pain too?
Fix Your Computer Hunch and Other Posture Problems in 30 Seconds
This one exercise can greatly improve your mobility and flexibility—and cure the many ills that come from sitting hunched in front of a screen all day. It takes just 30 seconds and you don't need any equipment.
Suffer from ‘text neck’? Blame your smartphone habit
A new study published in the journal Surgical Technology International concludes that frequently hunching over a smartphone puts significant strain on your cervical spine – your neck. Spine surgeon Kenneth Hansraj used a computer-generated spine model to calculate that the force can be 60 pounds or possibly even more. It’s sort of like picking up an elementary school student with your neck.
Why You Cannot Blame A Single Muscle For A Movement Problem
Why Do We Blame Single Muscles? There is several reasons for our thinking to jump to conclusions of blaming a single muscle. When in pain we seek out advice and treatment from an expert and describe the area in pain. Our minds think of the body similar to that of a mechanical problem in a car
Why your back, feet hurt: blame evolution
The fact that many people's backs and feet hurt is news that's millions of years old.<br>It's because of the way we have evolved, uniquely from other mammals, that we also have a lot of aches and pains that our close relatives do not experience, anthropologists said last weekend at a briefing at the...
Why You Can Blame Evolution For Your Back Ache
Back pain is the largest contributor to disability worldwide, according to the most recent Global Burden of Disease study. This comes as no surprise to hea
Why Hamstrings Are Mistakenly Blamed For Injury And Pain
What Is The Function Of The Hamstrings?The hamstrings cross and act upon two joints being the hip and the knee. Semitendinosus and semimembranosus extend the hip when the trunk is fixed, they also flex the knee and medially (inwardly) rotate the lower leg when the knee is bent. The long head o
Top Ten Tips for Avoiding Knee Problems
Working to strengthen your knees helps with your ability to keep moving as well as walking uphill and downhill and managing stairs and steps with ease. Find out what else you can do to avoid knee problems...
Sitting 9-5... What a way to make a living
The average person spends 50-70% percent of their time sitting. This can lead to pain and postural problems. Undo the damage of sitting with movement
Why Good Posture Is So Important To Your Health
Most medical problems can be prevented through sitting and proper posture. Discover why good posture is important for good health.
Five Simple Tips for Using Your Smartphone
We love our smartphones. Our mobile technology has tremendous advantages. At the same time using the technology can literally be a pain in the neck. So many people are experiencing neck, upper back and shoulder pain from excessive use of smartphones that doctors have given the syndrome a name—Text Neck. Text Neck is affecting younger and younger … Continue reading "Five Simple Tips for Using Your Smartphone"
Back Problem or Front Problem?
Back pain is a huge epidemic in our culture. You’ve heard it before. It’s the second most common complaint in the physicians office. 80% of us will suffer back pain at some point in our lives. If you haven’t had back problems yourself, I bet you know someone who has. Richard Brennan, a well-known Alexander Teacher … Continue reading "Back Problem or Front Problem?"
See What Texting & Frequent Smartphone Use Can Do To Your Neck
Is this YOU? See What Texting & Frequent Smartphone Use Can Do To Your Neck. Then Watch How Posture Pump® Can Help! Posture Pump® Prevents Against Tech Neck ...
Simple Tips to Prevent Neck Pain
Regular use of computers and smartphone devices can lead to neck strain, causing severe pain and stiffness. The pain can range from mild discomfort to severe...
Joint Pain? Don't Blame the Weather
Two new studies from Australia have concluded that there is no link between the weather and joint pain, particularly back pain and knee pain.
