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Back Safe Gardening Techniques
Thu, 15 May 2008 21:58:00 +0800
Photo: Anne Asher 2007Licensed to About.com
Many people find gardening to be not only relaxing and personally fulfilling, but healing as well. But if back pain is getting in your...
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Back Spasm NBA Style
Wed, 14 May 2008 17:58:00 +0800
Photo: Jonathan FerreyGetty Images
An expectant crowd watches as you fend off your adversary by jumping high and fast enough to miss him and smash the ball into the hoop...
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Whats Your Whiplash Attitude?
Tue, 13 May 2008 20:58:00 +0800
Photo: Goldstein
Whiplash is what is known as a hyperextension/flexion injury. This means that an impact of some sort, most commonly one motor vehicle hitting another from behind, forces the...
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Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Mon, 12 May 2008 21:58:00 +0800
Today - May 12 - is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. Fibromyalgia is a "chronic pain disorder", according to the National Fibromyalgia Association. It is sometimes brought on by a back...
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A Core Reason for Strengthening Your Abs
Thu, 08 May 2008 16:58:00 +0800
Illustration: ADAM
Strong, functional ab muscles are a cornerstone to maintaining a healthy back any back doctor, physical therapist, fitness trainer or chiropractor will tell you that. But being...
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The Botox Standard
Wed, 07 May 2008 21:58:00 +0800
Photo: Luis Alvarez
A few months ago, I blogged about an FDA safety warning for the use of Botox to treat spasticity in children. Since that time the American Academy...
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Watch Out For Vertebral Artery Injury
Tue, 06 May 2008 11:58:00 +0800
One rare complication of neck surgery is called vertebral artery injury (VAI). According to a journal report published in the April 1, 2008 edition of Spine Journal, certain procedures...
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Neurosurgery Awareness Week
Thu, 01 May 2008 21:58:00 +0800
Photo: Adam Ciesielski
Today marks the last day of Neurosurgery Awareness Week, and the end of a week long annual meeting for neurosurgeons in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting was hosted...
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Acute Into Chronic Back Pain
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:14:00 +0800
There is a difference between acute and chronic pain. There is also potential for relationship between the two. Symptoms of acute low back pain are often nearly the...
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Back Problems - Percentages and Numbers
Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:58:00 +0800
Most experts sources estimate that around 80% of Americans will experience back pain at some point in their lives. Fortunately for many, the bulk of such problems are musculoskeletal...
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