Tag: physical

More than 65 million Americans suffer from back pain each year.It's by far the most common complaint from people seeking medical care.Advances in medicine have created many treatment options for people looking back pain relief.Alternative treatments have increased in number and availability as well.However, there's still no"miracle cure" able to rid the world of back pain once and for all.Since the intensity, causes and specific conditions vary with each patient, you want to talk about treatment options with a health care professional so as to tailor treatment to your particular condition...

Everyone will experience pain at some time in their lives.Pain is a necessary form of protection against accidents, diseases, or conditions that would otherwise impair or kill us.Pain alerts us that something isn't right.Pain can be either 'acute' or 'chronic' - the distinguishing characteristic between the two is their duration.Acute pain usually occurs after a particular injury.It appears fast and is usually very extreme - one example is the pain of a broken bone...

After an auto mechanic spends hours under a car or a writer spends all day in front of a computer, their muscles later complain at this overextension.Everyone receives a muscle ache once in a while, but chronic muscle pain can be a debilitating condition that deteriorates the quality of life of victims.Muscle pain may be caused by a particular injury, a spasm, or a condition that affects ligaments and connective joint tissue, or it may be just a single symptom of a broader illness, usually arthritis...