No one asked for the COVID-19 pandemic, and without a doubt, it’s an event which will trigger painful memories for many of us. For some, however, the pandemic marked a major change in the way we live our lives – both our personal lives and at work lives. Work from home became the norm in… Read more »
Tag: Back pain
World spine day, 2022!
The theme emphasizes diversity of spinal pain and disability as part of the global burden of disease and addresses the need for access to quality essential spinal health services worldwide. With an estimated 540 million people in the world suffering with low back pain at any one time, it remains the leading cause of years… Read more »
Back pain and pregnancy
Does pregnancy cause back pain? Actually, it does – although it’s not the pregnancy per se that’s the cause, rather it’s the biomechanical changes which take place in the body as a result. Chiropractic can be highly beneficial for those shortly expecting a baby, and while specialist approaches are recommended, it’s perfectly safe! Changes!… Read more »
What’s a Facet Joint anyway?
If you’ve ever had neck or back pain that you could pinpoint with your finger or felt a sharp pain in your back when moving, the cause may have been some sort of dysfunction with one or more of the facet joints (often the lumbar facet joints) of your spine. A what now? Although they’re… Read more »
How Heavy is that Backpack?
On our blog we’ve often mentioned how overloaded backpacks are responsible for more back pain than we’d even like to think about, every single year – we’ve also often mentioned how important it is to ensure that children’s backpacks are both ergonomic and within a safe weight limit – some new research, however, has suggested… Read more »
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