Complex Back Surgeries Skyrocket, Raising Concerns About Cost, Complications

NPR: “Too many complex back surgeries are being done and people are suffering as a result, according to a study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The general tendency noted in the study — that many patients and doctors think more medical care is always better — has implications [...]

Too Much Yoga Can Hurt

Yoga is praised for its ability to strengthen, energize, cure, calm, lower blood pressure, and help with depression and it’s popularity has expanded five fold from 2001 to 2011. The problem is that underlying physical weaknesses can make serious injury all but inevitable over time, compounded with the observation that some yoga instructors seem to [...]

Does Overweight Cause Back Pain?

Recent figures by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that 69% of  American’s are overweight. These statistics are monitored because being overweight is known to be related to certain types of cancer, type 2 diabetes, heart diseases and many types of chronic health conditions. Twelve years ago there were more women who were [...]