What Is Low Back Muscle Spasm? One presentation of low back pain is muscle spasm. This can accompany a low back strain or many other lumbar spine diagnoses. Low back muscle spasm presents as sudden, severe pain in part of the low back with decreased ability to move it for a time. For example, you …
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Back Health Survey: Am I At Risk For Low Back Pain?
1. How frequently do you perform moderate-high intensity exercise? a. 5-7x/week b. 2-4x/week c. 1x/1-2 weeks d. rarely 2. How many hours/day do you sit on most days of the week? a. <4 hours/day b. 4-6 hours/day c. 7-10 hours/day d. >10 hours/day 3. How often do you perform back strengthening exercise or core strengthening? …
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What is a good stretch for my low back?
A lot of my low back patients tell me that they have tried to stretch their backs out by bending forward to touch their toes. Unfortunately, this is not a good stretch for most of them. So how should you stretch out your back if it feels tight or stiff? Here is a simple exercise …
How to avoid BACK PAIN with reaching/bending
My patients with back pain typically fall into two categories: trauma vs non-trauma. Traumatic injuries can come from a major accident or an easy task done incorrectly (bending down to pick up shoes from the floor and then patient is unable to stand back up). Non-traumatic back pain frequently comes from repetitive poor postures and …
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Why should you take better care of your body?
1. It is the only body God gave you.2. Your body will thank you when you are older.3. Taking care of it now will make your life easier down the road.4. It’s just like your favorite car: take care of it, and it will run longer.5. You will feel great and look great!6. To set …
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The difference between Chiropractors and Physical Therapists
Let’s imagine you have back pain, and you need some help. Who do you call? The good news is that you have options: primary care doctor, spine specialist, physical therapist, chiropractor or even alternative medicine (such as accupuncture). So what is the difference between the treatment you get from a chiropractor and a physical therapist? …
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The danger of your first episode of Low Back Pain
Did you know that one of the biggest risk factors for low back pain is prior low back pain? It sounds obvious, but this has huge implications for you. It means that preventing a first episode of low back pain decreases your chance of having future episodes. Therefore, you are less likely to have chronic …
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How many times per day do you reach to the floor? Part 2
15. Reach into bottom drawer of the refrigerator for an apple. 16. Reach down into lower kitchen cabinet for a tupperware to take leftovers to work. 17. Pick up your keys, which you dropped on the floor. 18. Throw your bags into the trunk of your car or your back seat. 19. Reach down to …
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How many times per day do you reach to the floor?
How many times per day do you reach down to the floor to pick up a light object? Consider how you do this reaching because it is quite frequent. And if you bend/twist your back every time, you are at high risk for back pain. So let’s consider a typical weekday and count up the …
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Health/Fitness Review: Gold’s Gym
My review of Gold’s Gym (Village at Sandhill in Columbia, SC) The facility is a good size, with 3 main workout areas. The largest one has around 15 treadmills, 15 elliptical machines, 8 stationary bikes, 3 stair climbers, 1 upper body bike and a lot of machine weights. The second area has around 8 treadmills, …
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