Just how many of us are getting the recommended 6-8 hours of sleep? If you fall asleep, can you stay asleep throughout the night? With the amount of prescription sleep aids sold in this country it appears that many of us are having difficulty meeting our sleep requirements. Getting approximately 8 hours of sleep is [...]
Every year, there are more than 6 million car accidents in the United States, and knowing what to do if you are involved in one of them is essential to your safety — both physically and financially.
When the Accident Occurs
The first thing you should do is stop. Each state has their own penalties [...]
Physiological pain and Functional pain are two major types of pain defined recently by a resident doc of mine. It is a great way to figure out the cause of pain rather quickly. The definitions and possible treatments below are my thoughts on them. Do not treat yourself without seeking the advice of a physician. [...]
Many people that enter our facilities have at some time or currently are experiencing neck pain and or headaches. Today’s sedentary lifestyle, computers, phones, travel all force the head and shoulders forward of the bodies center of gravity. The average weight of the head is 10-12 pounds, for each inch that the head [...]
What is fibromyalgia?
There is still relatively little known about fibromyalgia although the word means pain in the tendons, ligaments and muscles. Fibromyalgia pain is reported to affect the whole body, sometimes causing muscles to twitch or giving a burning sensation. The disease is more common among women than men and most sufferers agree that the [...]
Whiplash frequently affects people involved in rear end car accidents; in fact some 22% of all smashes result in soft tissue damage to the neck. Fortunately the condition is not serious and in the majority of cases the symptoms disappear within a few months at the most. However, the symptoms of whiplash are painful for [...]
Maybe you use to wake up tired, without any strength to go to work, maybe you have asked some people looking for an answer and found nothing. Would you like to help your sleep problem and waking up totally refreshed the next morning feeling like if you were in a brand new body? Wouldn?t it [...]
Problems with the neck, shoulder and arm are often called different things by patients: neuritis; bursitis; neuralgia; rheumatism; frozen shoulder; fibrositis; sprained, strained, or sore muscles; or ?poor circulation.? Some people may blame their shoulder (or other joint) problems on ?old age? even though their other shoulder, which doesn?t have any problems, is [...]
Low back pain is one of the most common ailments people suffer from and approximately 8 out of 10 people will deal with back pain at some point in their life. That?s a lot of people? are you one of them?
Out of all of the various forms of back pain, lower back pain is by [...]
For most people, driving is a necessity as well as a symbol of independence. There are very few people that will easily give up their independence and give you the keys to their vehicle. Yet for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, driving a vehicle can pose serious risks and endanger themselves or others. The decision of [...]
