Back & Neck Pain Blog with Anne Asher March 2007 Archive

If you have an appointment for Radiofrequency Denervation to help with chronic back pain management anytime soon, be forewarned that Smith and Nephews, Inc., a company who makes the probes ... Read More

Okay, we have talked about stressful sleeping positions and protecting your back when you get out of bed. Today, let's look at some ways to create comfortable sleeping positions. ... Read More

(c) Anne Asher 2007 How bad does it hurt? Intensity is a measure of how strong the signals of felt pain are. As a back pain sufferer, this is probably the ... Read More

About recovering from back and neck pain due to a car accident, a reader asks: I want to ask you about people who have difficult time in recovery esp because ... Read More

(c) Barry Stone Establishing a yoga practice to help you manage your back pain takes a bit of extra consideration. Being mindful of safety and knowing which poses not to do ... Read More

(c) Michael J. Summerville When you think of the word “chiropractor” what kind of treatment do you anticipate? Most of us, myself included, associate a chiropractor with back or neck ... Read More

Spinal cord stimulation, or implanted neurostimulation is an invasive technique of pain management that is not for everyone. The implanted devices can be awkward to wear, and can require ... Read More

(c) 2007 Anne Asher Back pain and sleep don't always go together. The first step to sleeping - and waking - without back pain or neck pain is to identify the ... Read More

Back pain is unmistakable when you have it. Back pain is an easily recognizable problem that can bring on a number of sensations. It can present itself in any location ... Read More

(c) matchstick I highly recommend a book called "Understanding Pain: What it is, Why it Happens, and How It's Managed" as a guide to help you manage your decision-making about ... Read More

(c) Anne Asher 2006 Experts recommend that those of us working at our desk for long periods of time be sure to take mini-breaks to save our hands and back. This ... Read More

(c) Anne Asher 2006 The intervertebral disks rely on mechanical action to capture the nutrition they need to stay plump and bouyant for their shock absorption role. This is unlike ... Read More

One way to stay in touch with valuable information on back and neck care, as well as with new studies on treatments and other related topics coming down the pipeline, ... Read More

What do you say to the people around you who just can’t understand how much pain you are in? If you have chronic back pain, or neck pain, you know ... Read More

If you are thinking of making some time for a yoga routine this weekend, please remember that having back pain requires extra caution in planning your session and following through ... Read More

(c) Mary R. Vogt Continuing with National Sleep Awareness Week....Chronic pain and sleep disruption often work together to create a vicious cycle. Sleep hygiene, or the habits around getting a good ... Read More

Sterioid epidurals for back pain are injections of medication into the center of the spinal column, outsite the spinal cord. By delivering the steriod at the site of the ... Read More

(c) Anne Asher 2006 Licensed to About.com Are you having problems understanding your diagnosis? Doctorspeak can sometimes seem like a foreign language. With a little reading on the topic ... Read More

March 5-11 is National Sleep Awareness Week. To observe, during the week I will feature a few helpful hints about sleep as it relates to your back. ... Read More

I can only imagine what it must be like to share tea with my doctor. Or to be in the presence of a medical professional who does not ignore the ... Read More

Drawing: Bernardino Genga True core support cannot happen in the body if the neck and shoulder muscles are holding tension. When there is upper body tension, the whole body is off-center, ... Read More

Illustration: (c) Anne Asher 2006 Licensed to About.com Have you resigned yourself to living with your back pain? Do you fear that you will need weekly visits to the chiropractor? ... Read More

Photo (c) Barry Stone While the Cobra is a pose that many people readily associate with yoga, this does not automatically guarantee its safety for all types of back problems. The ... Read More