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Last Updated 2013-05-11 - 05:28:17 (CET)
The misuse and abuse of prescription painkillers was responsible for more than 475,000 emergency department visits in 2009, a number that nearly doubled in just five years.
Let me state for the record that I am totally against pain. But, I can't agree with the overuse, misuse, and inappropriat...
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Last Updated 2013-04-20 - 02:55:16 (CET)
Osteoarthritis (OA), Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD), degenerative arthritis, osteophytes, arthrosis, spondylosis, hypertrophy, sclerosis, stenosis, sciatica, desiccation - and several other scary terms, all boil down to a single word - arthritis.
There are over 100 different forms of arthri...
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Last Updated 2013-03-22 - 23:33:45 (CET)
Desiccation is a scientific word meaning "dry" and when referring to a spinal intervertebral disc it means that the inside of the disc is drying out.
The individual bones that comprise the spine are called vertebrae. Each vertebrae except the top two in the neck are separated by a cushion, an ...
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Last Updated 2013-01-26 - 21:23:06 (CET)
Exercise is used to improve health, maintain fitness and is important as a means of physical rehabilitation. Bed rest is the opposite of exercise.
The dictionary definition of exercise is any physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive for the purpose of conditioning any part...
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Last Updated 2013-01-14 - 00:21:36 (CET)
To some degree discs lose their flexibility, elasticity, and shock absorbing characteristics as we age as do the other tissues in the body making them susceptible to injury.
The back is a complicated structure of bones called vertebrae separated by cartilage-like shock absorbers called discs, ...
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Last Updated 2012-12-22 - 20:47:52 (CET)
You get started on the road to exercising by walking because walking is the easiest and most convenient way to exercise at all levels of fitness and, thereby, reduce stress and improve your health in a vast number of ways.
Part of the magic of walking is that there aren't any rules! True, the...
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Last Updated 2012-12-08 - 15:50:36 (CET)
Spinal Decompression Therapy, first approved by the FDA in 2001, has since evolved into a cost-effective treatment for herniated and degenerative spinal discs; one of the major causes of back pain and neck pain.
Spinal Decompression Therapy is a non-invasive, non-surgical treatment performed ...
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Last Updated 2012-11-30 - 00:50:21 (CET)
In Part I we discussed that when you exercise you're essentially burning away the bad hormones plus promoting the release of good hormones into the blood stream so you get a double dose of benefit.
There is no part of your body that doesn't benefit from moderate exercise. Clearly, there are th...
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Last Updated 2012-11-30 - 00:43:32 (CET)
To say that something as simple and as fundamental as walking is the best medicine seems to be a very broad and sweeping statement. Why is it true?
What is the secret to good health? Diet and exercise, of course. Not much of a secret if everyone already knows the answer, but how and why do th...
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Last Updated 2012-10-14 - 01:43:41 (CET)
Risks of Epidural Steroid Injections
Modern medical science has finally developed an effective alternative to endless injections or simply living with the pain - Spinal Decompression Therapy.
Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are a common treatment option for many forms of low back pain esp...
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