I came across a video about low back pain and sciatica today that is amazing to see the pain relief change in someone so fast. You may have heard of people hobbling into the chiropractor on crutches or being carried in by others only to walk out standing up and in less pain. The video… Continue Reading
We all realise how food choices in our diets affects our general health and well being. Even in muscle or joint pain inflammatory conditions like gout or arthritis, diet plays a pivotal role. This point really came home recently for me again, when after years of telling my mum about using food as a medicine and eating… Continue Reading
Chronic pain is a problem for many people unfortunately in the world. Chronic pain can be anywhere in the body and you may have heard, for example, or you might be experiencing a chronic neck pain or chronic low back pain. So what exactly is meant by chronic pain and why does chronic pain occur… Continue Reading
Ever heard of the figure of four stretch? Do you know what the piriformis muscle is? Ever suffered or suffering piriformis syndrome? You’ll enjoy todays article showing you how to do the figure of four piriformis muscle stretch…. Continue Reading
Heal Your Bulging Disc is a health book that looks at things you can do yourself to help get pain relief from back pain and nerve pain. Ron Daulton, Jr is a chiropractor who has spent time writing down things he has found to give patients relief from pain doing it themselves…. Continue Reading
Sleep is a basic necessity of health. A lack of sleep will make pain feel worse. Pain will disturb sleep. It becomes a vicious cycle. Find out more today on how much sleep the average person needs and my 5 tips to a better sleep tonight. Sleep time is heal time…. Continue Reading
I came across a very interesting article today talking about using Vitamin C to help the neuropathic pain condition, postherpetic neuralgia. Postherpetic neuralgia is also known as shingles. Shingles is caused by the herpes zoster virus attacking the nerves causing pain usually in the intercostal nerves of the chest. What I found interesting was in the recent study by Chen et al. was that they helped to reduce the patients pain significantly using the anti-oxidant, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid). They found that a sign of poor nutrition is testing to see if you have low plasma levels of Vitamin C in your blood. But why Vitamin C? Well I had a look further into the role of nutrition particularly vitamin c in helping trapped nerve pain… Continue Reading