7 Tips for Getting a Good Night’s Sleep After Back Surgery – Part 2
In last week’s post, we discussed four tips for getting a good night’s sleep so that you can recover from spinal surgery quickly. In this post, we’ll provide additional tips…
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7 Tips for Getting a Good Night’s Sleep After Back Surgery – Part 1
Deep, restful sleep allows the body to heal itself, but if you aren’t getting regular, adequate sleep, you could be making it more difficult for your body to recover from…
How to Reduce Back Pain at Your Desk Job
If you have a job that is mostly performed while sitting at a desk, you are putting almost 40 hours of stress on your back each week. Sitting for extended…
Nutrition Tips for a Healthy Back
We eat Omega-3’s for our heart and fiber for our digestive system, but don’t overlook your back when you plan for nutrition. Eating a balanced diet with the right vitamins…
Artificial Disc Replacement versus Spinal Fusion Surgery: Which is better?
For patients suffering from lower back pain, surgery is the next option after six months of aggressive conservative treatment has failed to help, or if the pain is unmanageable for…
Alcohol and Back Pain
We are well into the holiday, and spirits are running high. With all of the holidays and family gatherings coming up, overall alcohol consumption tends to increase. While this is…
Don’t Slip Up This Winter: How to Prevent Slip and Falls on Ice
Slip and falls are some of the most frequent types of injuries that occur during the winter months, and are also the most common reason for winter back pain. Walking…
The Best Gifts for Those w/ Back Pain…
No matter who you’re shopping for this holiday season, there’s a great likelihood one of your recipients will suffer or have suffered from back pain. With 31 million Americans suffering…
How to Shovel Snow and Alleviate Back Pain
Back pain and injuries typically flare up more during the colder months due to several factors. We covered most of these factors last week in our blog, but we didn’t…
Perfect Posture for your Position
Proper posture isn’t just something your mom nagged about, it’s actually extremely vital to your overall spine health and prevention of lower back pain. How many hours a day do…
