Back Pain Tips

Your Back and Core Fitness – What Is It and What Is It Good For?

Core training is a no-longer-new catchphrase on the fitness landscape. The concept of core fitness, by now, has been promoted by every Pilates school, yoga center, and chain of fitness clubs around the world. Many doctors, including chiropractors, physiatrists, orthopedists, and even cardiologists, emphasize the importance of core training with their patients. Practically every physical [...]

Flexibility and Your Back

Patients often ask me that why I am so concerned that they are stretching their back on a regular basis.  I then explain to them that if the leg muscles are overly tight, that those muscles will cause the pelvis to be tilted in such a way that will negatively affect the back stability. So [...]

Back Exercises

If you have chronic back pain, chances are that your doctor has told you that you need to exercise your back and/or your “core”.  I hear this often.  I also hear that while doctors say this, they don’t ever really show you how to do it, and simply give you an exercise sheet.  Unfortunately, I’ve [...]

Digestive Health and Back Pain

Look, I know many people who have really bad back pain have at one time or another had to crawl (literally) to the bathroom. That’s not what this article it about, but rather, how to help your back, by helping your digestive system. Who would have thought that my back pain and my digestive system [...]

When I Lay Down, It Takes Forever For Me To Get Back Up!

Have you ever had back pain so bad, that when you lay down, you simply can’t get up. I hear it all the time – “Doc, my back hurt, so I laid down but then couldn’t get back up!” Perhaps you’ve had that experience. Sometimes I hear how frightened the patient gets that they call [...]

The Crazy Things Your Medical Doctor May Do – Part 2

There are some things that happen that are so outrageous that you just can’t make them up! Many of those things I have come to experience when I sit down face to face with a patient as they tell me their history pertaining to their low back pain and the many treatments and doctors they’ve [...]

The Crazy Things Your Medical Doctor May Do – Part 1

There are some things that happen that are so outrageous that you just can’t make them up! Many of those things I have come to experience when I sit down face to face with a patient as they tell me their history pertaining to their low back pain and the many treatments and doctors they’ve [...]

Tip for Battling Back Pain: Ice Packs

If you have back pain that is severe this simple tip can help improve your pain level. I am shocked at how many patients I consult with on a weekly basis that tell me that their Medical Doctor told them to use a heating pad.  Why am I shocked? If you have had severe back [...]