Dealing with chronic back pain can require a customized treatment plan that involves a combination of different treatments. A popular treatment option that can help reduce back pain is massage therapy. However, in some cases, massage therapy can make back pain worse if the condition you are suffering from requires other treatment. In these situations,…
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How to Avoid Back Sprains and Strains
If there’s a perfect example of the contrast between strength and fragility, it is the human back. On one hand, your back is durable enough to bear much of your body’s weight when you’re standing or sitting upright, lifting or performing other strenuous activities. Yet, it is because of the burden your back must bear…
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Recovering from Spinal Trauma
According to the World Health Organization, each year between 250,000 and 500,000 people around the world suffer from a spinal cord injury, which can leave the person facing a lifetime of debilitating pain. Because the spinal cord transmits information from the brain to the rest of the body, trauma to the spine can cause temporary…
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