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Having a bulging disc in thе thoracic spine саn bе a real pain in thе аh, I mеаn middle bасk... If уоu аrе lucky уоu dоn't feel аnуthing аt аll. There аrе mаnу cases whеrе a major herniation hаs bееn diagnosed аnd thе patients still hаvе nо sign оf pain оr еvеn discomfort.
Unfortunately, fоr ... Views: 1191
The discs of the spine are located between the vertebrae (bony building blocks of the spine). The disc is designed somewhat like a jelly donut being composed of an inner gelatin-like core (the nucleus pulposus) surrounded by a firm outer ring (the annulus fibrosus).
When the disc structure ... Views: 938
As people put more and more pressure on their bodies, muscle damage and injuries has become an almost normal part of the modern lifestyle. Think about it this way: If athletes who spend considerable time training their bodies and are arguably in top physical condition can get hurt one way or ... Views: 761
Sciatica or sciatica pain is a condition that results from the irritation or compression of one of the spinal nerve roots located at the back of the leg. The extent of this compression or the physical make-up of the individual determines the symptoms of sciatica.
The range of symptoms could ... Views: 682
Whatever type of pain it entails and whatever the cause, back pain can definitely make it very difficult for you to focus on your work, thus affecting your productivity. The bad news is that a majority of modern occupations can place some considerable demands on your back, and routine office ... Views: 721
One of the more puzzling situations I have run into frequently is that I see patients who have experienced significant disabling chronic pain for many years. Often they have had multiple failed spine surgeries. Yet on my spine intake questionnaire they rate themselves as a zero on a scale from ... Views: 1165
The spinal-cord is the most important aspects of our body. Our whole body stand, sit or move with the help of it. In the recent times, with increasing work pressure and also fast pace of life has overloaded our life-style. Long operating hours and also sitting in the same position for a long ... Views: 673
Back pain is such a big problem in today’s society with over half the population suffering from some sort of chronic back pain. We seem to let it get the best of us and end up taking a ton of over the counter anti-inflammatory painkillers.
Below I have outlined some simple strategies to rid ... Views: 794
Debbie is a 45 year old woman who I have been working with for about four years. She was diagnosed with a severe bipolar disorder at age twelve.
About 10 years ago she had a lifting injury at work and developed chronic low back pain. Over a series of eight years she underwent multiple low back ... Views: 2641
As you age, there are a lot of diseases that you can encounter. There are some that are unavoidable since these come with aging but there are others that you can prevent while you are still young. Two common disorders that you should know about are degenerative disk disease and degenerative ... Views: 1364
The news is in and it's not pretty. It seems that cozy and upholstered chair at home or place of work, may be bad for us. Yes, even the height adjusted and ergonomic variety has not escaped the scrutiny of modern science.
Some employees (even the self-employed) have to sit for up to 31 of 40 ... Views: 899
Sports Injuries Prevention and Back Pain
Learning proper stretch exercises:
In sports people learn techniques, and will train to enjoy the sports. The problem is most trainers fail to train the peers correctly. Injuries occur when inappropriate training and techniques are used. In ... Views: 1711
Acupuncture is a form of Chinese medicine that encourages natural lower back pain relief while healing and improving body functions. This treatment is administered by insertion and manipulation of hair thin needles into the body and by applying electric stimulation at particular acupuncture ... Views: 982
Body brushing also called skin brushing - is one of the best ways to care for your skin. It helps to break up fatty deposits, aids in lymphatic drainage and detoxification, and stimulates circulation on top of the basic exfoliation.
Body brushing is popular in detoxification and slimming ... Views: 1117
Ergonomic is term we use to create a productive, safe and efficient environment for the workplace, which for my readers is not exclusively the employment environment; it is also the home environment.
Ergonomic balance is the sitting or standing position we use for safe, purposeful and ... Views: 1086
We spend a large portion of our day in the sitting position; yet why is it so uncomfortable to sit all day? Unfortunately, the human body is not designed to remain permanently in one place. It is designed to constantly move, so any prolonged sitting is naturally going feel uncomfortable. To ... Views: 1083
You are thinking of getting an ergonomic chair. Well done! Your decision to think ergonomic means you care about your skeletal joints so that you suffer less discomforts in daily life. My knowledge as a trained Occupational Therapist, along with our mission to protect your joints, preserve your ... Views: 2611
Ergonomic sitting is not a stationary sitting posture. It is designed to be a position of activity, where our body is active in productive performance. Our body needs continuous movement for balancing our spine on the pelvis, plus moving our upper and lower limbs in functionally active ... Views: 927
Ergonomic sitting is not a stationary sitting posture. It is designed to be a position of activity, where our body is active in productive performance. Our body needs continuous movement for balancing our spine on the pelvis, plus moving our upper and lower limbs in functionally active ... Views: 1122
Ergonomic Chairs are designed to maintain your comfort when performing work based activities throughout the day. It means that people who have back problems are more likely to choose this type of chair, for easing their back discomforts.
As an Occupational Therapist, my expertise is safety ... Views: 1413
It is very easy to sit in a chair, but to sit in a chair for a long time with comfort is difficult.
If you are sitting at a computer all day, then I would suggest try bringing a small or medium sized towel to your work area. You will be amazed at how much this piece of equipment will aid your ... Views: 3106
Ergonomic sitting is a comfortable position to use, when you are sitting doing purposeful activity in an ergonomic chair. You actually don't need an ergonomic chair for sitting in comfort, but they are useful for providing the sitting support that you need when sitting on your pelvic bones in ... Views: 1193
Yes, it is true that if you ride a bicycle regularly, you will not have to visit a chiropractor for erasing your sciatic pain. I can vouch for this, because I have suffered postural scoliosis in my spine since I was a teenager, caused from one leg being longer than the other by 3 cms, or one ... Views: 1380
The benefits of water cannot be over-emphasized for hydrating the human body, since we consists of 80% water. It is a survival necessity in our daily life, because the more we move in purposeful activity; the more energy we generate and the more water evaporates from our body. We constantly need ... Views: 945
Back pain is one of the main reasons why people take time off work and why? It is because we spend too much time in sedentary, sloppy positions, doing very little movement and letting our muscles become lax and under-used.
We have become a society that drives around in cars - to the shops, to ... Views: 1157
Overall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities.
This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around ... Views: 823
Overall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities.
This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around ... Views: 854
Why pay someone else to do your housework? When in fact it is a method for you to practice Yoga; or for completing purposeful exercises in a manner that is useful to your body and provides you with a clean home!
Your excuse may like mine use to be - I don't have the time for the cleaning! Or ... Views: 1131
Ergonomic sitting is a position to sit for performing work-based activities through the day. It is not a position of inactive rest. Our body needs to be aware of active movement, for creating comfort in our sitting posture and to stimulate balance in the spine that activates balance for ... Views: 1037
To most people breathing is just a small movement in the lungs, for the purpose of gaining oxygen into the lungs that we need in order to live. Yet when using ergonomic sitting in an ergonomic chair, it makes sense to use long deep breaths at times. This will change the position of your sitting ... Views: 1147
If you watched CTV last night in Canada, you will see that the government is warning workers that prolonged sitting is now no longer good for your overall health. It is an area that I have been discussing in relation to your skeletal health, but now the government is warning workers in places ... Views: 1097
The benefits of water cannot be over-emphasized for hydrating the human body, since we consists of 80% water. It is a survival necessity in our daily life, because the more we move in purposeful activity; the more energy we generate and the more water evaporates from our body. We constantly need ... Views: 1075
Have you ever tried sitting on a balance ball? It is not recommended if you are concentrating on another task; because you will likely to fall off. A ball has no secure position for your pelvic bones, because of the natural curve in the ball. You will likely put pressure on one side or the ... Views: 949
If you are constantly obsessed with food, by depriving yourself of what you enjoy; then the changes are that you will actually never win the battle of trying to lose weight. Every time I said to myself "Right I am going on a Diet! I would suddenly have this strong desire to have something ... Views: 992
This article is the second in a series, where I am trying to explain the reasons for the transformation of our size and shape into obesity. In the western culture, we have a market explosion of advertising in every direction that confuses life with 'need' and 'wants'. There are too many choices ... Views: 978
This article is the second in a series, where I am trying to explain the reasons for the transformation of our size and shape into obesity. In the western culture, we have a market explosion of advertising in every direction that confuses life with 'need' and 'wants'. There are too many choices ... Views: 1004
The spine is one of the most complicated structures in the human body. As well as providing structural support for the body it acts as anchor point for the head and limbs and their associated tendons and ligaments; houses the spinal cord which is the extension of the central nervous system, and ... Views: 1297
Pain is most commonly defined as unpleasant sensation. Pain is widely divided into two categories, acute pain and chronic pain. Chronic pain is defined as pain which persists for longer duration or simply “persistent pain” is known as chronic pain while acute pain is pain for short ... Views: 949
Anyone who has not lived with chronic pain for a period of life will never be able to understand. Exactly how difficult life can become, you never are quite free of the pain. It could be any pain; like lower back pain, neck pain, sciatica, fibromyalgia or even migraine. For most of these pains ... Views: 604
This article is not directed to any woeful sins that you are currently enjoying that are causing your obesity. The sins are what is society is creating, that makes it difficult for you to lose weight.
I feel that you need to understand what these sins are, in the hope that you can learn to ... Views: 1014
The main causes of back pain are lack of movement in your spine. As a writer about back pain, because I have suffered back pain myself with postural scoliosis in my spine; I will admit that it happens to us all, if we don't practice what we preach! None of us are perfect and I am no ... Views: 1029
Whether you are picking up a feather or a sack of potatoes; the principles of bending over and reaching to the floor are the same. Always remember that your spine is not designed to bend into a 90 degree angle. There is no flexibility in the spine. It is your legs that need the movement and not ... Views: 957
What! A simple task as brushing your teeth? How can this be so dangerous? I have done it this way for years and it's never been a problem!
The fact that you have repeated the same motion for years may be the reason why your back is now giving you problems. It may be that you are so accustomed ... Views: 945
Housework is one of the main ways that many people injure their backs, by simply not using the correct muscles or joints in the movements required for accomplishing the task.
The main option for cleaning the floor is to use a kitchen mop. If your kitchen is large, then you are more likely to ... Views: 986
The previous article wrote about the dangers to our spines, when mopping the kitchen floor. It may seem similar movements could be used to vacuum the carpets.
However vacuuming requires greater strength, when pushing a mechanical piece of equipment compared to a mop. This is because the mop ... Views: 1333
Sitting is the most common action performed by our body. We do more sitting than we do walking. Yet why do we complain so much about the way we sit? The answer lies in the fact that we have never understood how to sit correctly for comfort.
In my youth I was always told to 'sit up,' or my ... Views: 916
Overall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities.
This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around ... Views: 803
It may seem like a good idea, to have a chair where the seat automatically lifts you out; without having the struggle of doing it for yourself.
However, I need to be cautious of buying gadgets to help yourself in daily living, because if you are finding this activity difficult to manage; then ... Views: 950