Don’t Wait for Your Doctor to Tell You to Exercise

Don’t Wait for Your Doctor to Tell You to Exercise

An issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a national survey showed that only 28% of all physicians advise patients to become more physically active. Ask anyone who is physically active, and they will tell you exercise gives them an overall positive...
Don’t Be a Sore Loser

Don’t Be a Sore Loser

Delayed muscle soreness. It’s the name of the stiff pain you feel as you roll over and reach to turn off the morning alarm after a day in which you trained unusually hard or tried a new exercise. Some people feel there’s no better reward; others cease to...
The Proper Use of Ice and Heat

The Proper Use of Ice and Heat

How and when should ice be used? Ice is commonly used to treat injuries. It reduces swelling and alleviates or decreases pain. The vasodilation and vasoconstriction associated with the use of ice help decrease the inflammation. Ice should be used within the first...
Oh, My Aching Back!

Oh, My Aching Back!

Spine surgeons face a difficult choice when their patients continue to suffer low back pain despite a successful spine surgery: reoperation or spinal cord stimulation? To help spine surgeons answer this question with greater certainty, the National Spine Network (NSN)...
From the Inside Out

From the Inside Out

Detoxification is a word you are probably hearing more frequently these days. In the past, if someone said they were “going on a detox,” most would assume they had an alcohol or drug addiction. Recently, detoxification has taken on a new meaning with...
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