After rest, exercise, chiropractic and physical therapy, and treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), steroid injections are one of the most commonly performed treatments for back pain. While generally considered safe, epidural steroid injection side effects can occur. Knowing what the side effects of epidural steroid injections are is the [...]
A herniated disc is one of the most painful, debilitating lower back pain conditions. The pain caused by herniated disc is different for each person who experiences it and can even change as the condition progresses. Because this condition can be unpredictable, a herniated disc treatment that works can also vary [...]
In a respiratory emergency, you may have just minutes to act. This holds true for pulmonary embolism. Knowing the causes, signs, and treatments for pulmonary embolism pain and other symptoms could save your life. What is a pulmonary embolism? The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the right side of [...]
Sciatic pain is one of the most excruciating and challenging types of pain to treat. Stemming from a variety of conditions, sciatic pain treatments range from at-home techniques to more invasive procedures. Here are 15 techniques that show you how to get rid of sciatica pain. We cover at-home approaches [...]
Did you know that up to 80% of people will suffer from back pain at some point in their lifetime? For the majority of people, the pain will resolve on its own after a short period. For others, the pain can become a constant and chronic condition that affects every [...]
One of the most common misconceptions about sciatica is that it is, in and of itself, a medical condition. Instead, sciatica is the name used for a collection of symptoms that indicate an underlying medical condition that affects the sciatic nerve. Here's ten of the most common sciatica symptoms you should [...]
Due to our sedentary activities, the National Institutes of Health now estimate that adults in the U.S. spend upwards of eight hours a day sitting. If you're one of those desk jockeys, you already know the resulting aches and pains from all that time in a chair. Lower back pain [...]
Golf is a popular sport that many people gravitate to with the idea that it’s leisurely. Images of the sun, beautiful green grass, and even cruising from hole to hole in a golf cart belie the fact that many injuries can develop from playing the game. Unfortunately, too often players [...]
The miracle of life, the anticipation of a beautiful baby, and that expectant-mother glow may make pregnancy a magical time of life, but it’s not all a bed of roses. There’s morning sickness, acne, swollen feet, fatigue, and all sorts of aches and pains to deal with. Your physician may [...]
We often get asked the question, how do back stretchers work? While some people can afford a personal physical therapist to visit their home daily to help alleviate back pain with stretching and therapeutic traction, the vast majority of us have to figure out other ways to rehabilitate and treat spine pain. Whether [...]
