Simple Exercises for Sciatica Pain
These 2 easy moves may do a lot for your sciatica. Of course anyone who that has back pain, should consult with their personal health professional, before trying any new exercise.
It’s a nice stretch for the piriformus. The main goal is to re-mobilize the sciatic nerve.
Doing these 2 moves to help your back and leg only takes about a minute or 2, if you did it on both sides. As you can see, the video is under 3 min, and has full instructions. Read more
This is like saying, what came first, the chicken or the egg.
Sleep is very healing and refreshing for the human body.
Most experts are recommending 6-8 hours per night, but it really depends on you. Genetics, stress level, degree of fitness and many other things factor in. One thing is for sure, the body is an amazing healing machine and most of the healing process takes place while we are snoozing. Read more
I have been a water drinking advocate for a long time. We have all heard the message; Drink 6-8 glasses of pure water per day. Or whatever the amount is recommended by that particular health guru.
Well here is another good reason to drink water, it may reduce chronic pain. Yes it is possible that your back pain, arthritic discomfort, joint pain, sciatica may be worsened by a lack of water. Read more
Below is from a friend of mine who is a physical therapist. My friend Jeff is truly more a manual therapist than practically anyone I know plus he has one of the most inquisitive minds of any physical therapist I’ve ever dealt with. I had dropped off two Infrex units for Jeff to try as his days are constantly built around serving his patients. Jeff is in the business of helping patients, not working at a job, so I was impressed with the below email he sent me the day after dropping off the units at his house. Read more
If you are suffering from a back problem, you will want to get an okay from your doctor before you try any yoga poses.
Back pain can result from a biomechanical imbalance in spinal structures.
Your doctor can advise any of these”
- movements to avoid
- may know of a good teacher
- modifications for safety.
- possible interactions with your medication.
Best to Find a Good Teacher. Read more
Is chronic pain slowing you down? Just can’t do the things you used to, or go places you love to go? I know several people that were this situation. They felt, “chained up” in a way by their ongoing, nagging pain.
Depression often goes along with this scenario. A feeling of being stuck. People feel frustrated and isolated by their circumstances. Read more
Several recent studies have shown a link between low levels of vitamin D and chronic pain. A quick search of the internet brings up several different studies, all showing some relationship between inadequate vitamin D and chronic pain.
Low vitamin D might be a direct cause of pain, or it’s possible that it may make existing pain worse. Read more
I’ve taken the liberty to paste an email correspondence from one of our customers who had ordered Infrex electrodes on line from us. This is not an unfamiliar scenario where patients are paying out of pocket for supplies when they could be paid by the insurance company.
Hi Shayna,
If you’d like, we can file the claim for you and then re-imburse you for the amount they pay. I’ll drop the claim so it will be printed and I’m sending a copy of your email to Susan who handles our insurance billing. I believe we are filing with the insurance company for the purchase of the unit rather than rentals. As yet, I don’t think we have heard from them. Susan will be out of the office tomorrow, but should get back to you Wednesday.
I hope the Infrex is helping your pain. Let us know if you have any problems with it. Read more
Before I begin this please don’t write back,
“Bob you are too old to still be playing basketball!!”
I know that but it hopefully keeps my ticker pumping and my blood flowing.
I’m at my desk in my office now having suffered a badly sprained ankle from yesterday Read more
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