While seeing a professional should always be one’s first recourse in the event of chronic pain, these days it is easier to stay on top of pain management because there are so many effective pain ...

Back pain affects millions of Americans each year, with pinched nerves ranking among the most uncomfortable and disruptive causes. This specific type of discomfort occurs when surrounding tissues—like ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

All I want for Christmas is to crack every joint in my back. Or soak in a bath long enough to melt away the soreness in my shoulders, or go through every muscle knot one by one with an acupressure ...

Back decompression aims to relieve back pain by taking pressure off compressed spinal discs. There are surgical and nonsurgical methods of back decompression. Nonsurgical therapy includes spinal ...

Really any type of exercise or activity that is very leg-dominant and tends to lead to leg soreness can be helped by wearing some compression boots,” Danny King, PT, the nati ...