The path to a back-pain-free life is usually a process and one very important part of this process is maintaining muscle strength and flexibility, particularly in the core or stabilizing muscles. Stretching is a great way of ensuring that your muscles are ’primed’ for further exercise, but if exercise is too painful at the moment they are also a great way [...]
Is it any wonder that back pain and depression are so closely linked? Unlike a broken limb or a sprained ankle for instance where you can immobilize the affected area and wait for it to heal, back pain is all-encompassing, all-of-the-time. In a chronic situation there can be lifestyle, income and social changes that have [...]