Posts Tagged ‘pain’
Knee arthritis? Flexible options can help keep you active
I was just reading over some older (from July is all) articles at Science Daily and found this one to be encouraging, especially since I have a bit of a bum knee myself.
“Middle-aged men and women with osteoarthritis of the knee now have more options than ever before for treatments that may allow them to remain active in the sports they love, according to a new review.”
Read the rest of the story at Science Daily
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More Thoughts from Mellisa McJunkin – Health and Wellness Advocate
Question: What are you without an immune system?
Answer: You are dead.
As morbid as it may sound, it’s true. When your immune system is weak you will get sick. When your immune system completely fails you will die.
If I could show you a way to boost your Natural Killer Cells by up to 437%, would you be interested in hearing more? Of course you would.
Back Pain: How to Relieve Low Back Pain and Sciatica
Dr. Loren Fishman, a distinguished clinician and a trailblazer in the treatment of sciatica, believes there’s only one road to relief: patients must become partners with their doctors in naming the cause of their pain and in making treatment decisions.
Based on the latest research and on Dr. Fishman’s fifteen years of experience in treating patients successfully Back Pain is filled with pain-saving advice and instructional facts:
- so many adults suffer bouts of back pain that many doctors consider them normal occurrences, like a cold or flu;
- more than four days of bed rest can make a back ache worse; patients who choose chiropractors visit them twice as often as those who choose medical doctors;
- more than 25 percent of people who go to orthopedic surgeons have referred themselves; the initial treatment any doctor is likely to prescribe is aspirin; sciatica is one of the three major causes of back pain.