Category: back pain

Retraining the Brain to Treat Chronic Back Pain

More than 25 million people in the U.S. live with chronic pain. This is pain that lasts for more than three months. The most common type of chronic pain is chronic back pain. Often, no physical cause for this pain can be found. In these cases, it may stem from brain changes that persist after…


3 Simple Solutions for Relieving Back Pain

Before you turn to prescription painkillers and muscle relaxers for your aching back, try these helpful hacks first! If you woke up with a stiff and sore back this morning, you are far from alone. More than 80 percent of us experience low back pain at some point in our adult lives, and more than 264 million…


New Study Suggests You Can Unlearn Chronic Back Pain

Chronic back pain affects millions of Americans. Most, however, can’t identify the source of that pain. Neither can X-rays, tests, or other tools that doctors use to diagnose such problems. And perhaps unsurprisingly, most treatments don’t work. About 85 percent of people who report chronic back pain don’t have a test result to highlight a…


Do You Have Upper Crossed Syndrome?

If you’re like me, chances are you’re sitting in front of your computer or looking down at your phone right now. Not only that, but you’re likely also slouching. All of this slouching and looking down really messes up your posture and can cause something called upper crossed syndrome, or UCS. It happens when the…