Are there risk factors for back pain? And, if there are, what can I do to keep myself healthy and well? Your chiropractor can help answer these questions and more. One primary risk factor relates to exercise. Everyone has heard, "if you don't use it, you lose it". If you're not exercising regularly, your back muscles are deconditioned and much more susceptible to injury - the strains...

Sciatica is a general term for pain originating from the sciatic nerve. Sciatica is a symptom of a disorder that causes mild to sharp and sometimes excruciating pain. Patients have described sciatic pain as mildly disturbing to burning, aching, deep, and similar to a sudden bolt of lightning. Sciatic nerve pain travels from the buttock, down the back of the thigh, and into the leg. Leg pain is...

Herbs are an integral part of the for all sciatica alternative remedies. Many conventional medicines were initially derived from herbs and natural products and later synthesized for mass production. Herbs are relatively safe and, if taken in recommended quantities, do not lead to any complication that cannot be managed easily. That cannot be said of many convention medicines. A...

Do you suffer from Sciatica? Are you one of the many right now who are reading this while pain travels from your back and down your leg? Would you like to get up now and move to just ease your sciatica? Well join the club... Sciatica is increasing in the population. Back pain affects over 80% of adults. More than 50% of you reading this have back pain right now. So why are...

In most people, self care measures is usually recommended a sciatica treatment as this usually responds well. Continuing with your usual activities but avoiding the original factor that aggravated your sciatica pain in the first place will help you to heal more quickly. Even though it seems like a few days of bed rest may provide some relief, any more then this is not a good idea. Inactivity...