Ouch! My Aching, Painful Back Methods You Should Consider To Help With Pain And Chronic Pain

In the United States, many individuals work toward taking good care of themselves. They try to eat well and get some form of exercise for at least thirty minutes a day. All in all, they keep their mind and body healthy and comfortable. However, people are human beings which means they cannot escape incidents of pain. In fact, 31 million individuals in the United States experience lower back pain at any time. In addition, millions of American experience chronic inflammation such as Arthritis. If you’ve experienced, or suffer from, pain or chronic pain, here are methods you should consider. Muscle …

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Physical Therapy for an Injured Spine or Back

The human form is designed by nature for a lifetime of walking upright on two legs, and our early primate ancestors adopted this form so that they could run and chase game across the plains of prehistoric Africa. This results in a skeleton featuring an S-shaped spine, long and hard leg bones, arched feet, and an upright pelvis. Standing upright like this makes running easier and provided early humanity with many advantages, though standing upright does take its toll on the body. Even today, many people suffer from chronic pain in their spine or lower back, their hips or knees, …

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Back Pain and Where to Cure It

The human skeleton is a marvel in the animal kingdom, having features not found even in our closest primate relatives. Millions of years ago, our ancestors traded their tree-bound vegetarian lifestyle for a life of running and chasing game across the plains of Africa, setting us apart from the other modern Great Apes. This lifestyle meant bipedal walking and a larger brain, and our skeleton reflects that in its S-shaped spine, upright pelvis, long legs, and relatively short arms. This gave our ancestors many advantages, though even today, upright walking comes with some costs, too. Walking upright means fighting gravity …

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