Back and neck pains are a common occurrence in today’s world and most of us live with these pains every single day. But have you ever wondered where is this spinal pain coming from? It could be the obvious reason of slouching in your chair during those long work meetings or straining your neck to look the screen (known as forward head posture) at your desk while sending those work related emails or bending over to pick up your kids toys at home. But have you ever considered that your sleeping posture could be the cause of your neck and back pain? In this blog we will look at the one sleeping posture that you should avoid if you suffer from neck and back pain or of you want to prevent it in the future. We will also discuss why you should avoid this posture and two tips to change your sleeping position .....
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This is part 2 of the blog on Ten tips to get the most effective use out of your tennis elbow brace. If you missed it read Part 1 HERE.
In part 1 we discussed how a brace helps to heal your Tennis Elbow followed by
four (out of ten) tips to get the most effective use out of your brace. Here, in part 2 of this blog, we will discuss the remaining six (out of ten) tips to get the most effective use out of your brace ....
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Why is my back stiff when I wake
up: 2 tips to manage this
Do you go to bed relatively free from back pain but you wake up in the mornings feeling stiffness in your back and as the day goes by the stiffness gets better with or without residual back pain? If so, you are not alone. Quite a few people complaint of stiffness that interferes with their daily activities, especially in the mornings. But have you ever wondered what can be the cause of this stiffness if you went to bed pain free and you didn’t do any activity in the night except for sleeping? Could it be your sleeping posture that is the cause of this stiffness?
In this blog we will discuss the cause of this morning stiffness in relation to your sleeping posture followed by two simple tips that you can implement starting today, to manage your back pain and stiffness .....
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Back pain is a very common occurrence in today's society, with our stagnant lifestyle and prolonged sitting postures, whether it is sitting in your office chair from nine to five or sitting in front of a television, or just sitting down on a couch, we spend a majority of awake time sitting and this prolonged sitting contributes towards back pain.
There can be other sources of back pain too, such as kidney problems. In this blog we will discuss how you can figure out if the back pain that you're experiencing comes from the back itself or from the kidneys ....
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Can sciatic nerve pain switch sides?
Yes, it can! In this blog post we will discuss the how and why this can happen. Sciatic nerve is the longest and thickest nerve in the body. Irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve is known as sciatica. It is a very painful, irritating condition that can affect drastically the quality of your life.
Lets briefly look into how sciatica ....
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