Sports Injury Prevention Tips

No matter how hard you may try to avoid them, there is always a risk of sports injury. The more contact in a sport, the greater the risk of injury.  This doesn’t mean that non-contact sports don’t have injury risks at all. In fact, the most frequent sports injuries athletes and active adults suffer are due to overuse. Some of …

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Signs of Arthritis

Arthritis means inflammation of the joints. It is one of the most common diseases in the United States. This condition means that different individual illnesses with differing factors, treatments, complications and prognosis occurs. They are similar in that they have a tendency to affect the joints, muscles, ligaments, cartilage and may affect internal body areas. You should suspect arthritis if …

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Can Pilates Relieve Chronic Neck Pain?

Neck muscles becomes tired and stressed from long hours of holding the same position. It happens only when you sit for hours and hours in front of a computer. It’s no surprise that one of the most common health conditions of our time is neck pain. Neck pain and sore neck are usual complaints associated with simple everyday activities like reading …

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Treating neck and shoulder pain

A neck or shoulder pain may be caused by having your arms raised in an awkward position for too long, and with rest the pain will subside on its own. Tension can cause neck and shoulder pain as well. Before any neck or shoulder pain can be treated, the reason for the pain must be found out by a professional. …

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Easing your lower back pain

One of the more common ailments is lower back pain and is one of the biggest dilemmas in pain sufferers. Lower back pain has become so common in patients and most people choose not to seek professional treatment and decide to live with the pain as a part of life, rather than finding a solution. The result in choosing this route is …

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Protecting Your Body From Heart Disease

Did you know heart disease is the #1 killer in the United States and in many parts of the world?  This can be attributed to many factors, but one common culprit the studies have listed time and time again has been junk food and what humans are putting in their body these days. Can changing diet and paying attention to what …

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Can Acupuncture Help Relieve Pain?

If you are a person who experiences the ill effects of back pain you most likely would not consider needle therapy as a treatment until you have tried all other options. Acupuncture  is a kind of antiquated Chinese solution that has been around for more than 2,500 years and  has been utilized for back pain, even today with all the advancements …

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Living With Chronic Pain Conditions

Individuals who suffer with a chronic pain condition knows that it not only affects the body, but also the mind. Sometimes the impact on the mind can be greater than the pain itself.  Chronic pain becomes chronic when pain does not go away after the normal healing time allowed. Unlike its pain counterpart Acute pain which heals. chronic pain stays around. Understanding more of …

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