Here are 5 exercises to stretch and strengthen the soft tissues in your upper and middle back, also known as the thoracic spine.
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Long car rides can cause back pain to flare up for many people. Fortunately, there are strategies you can employ both before and during your trip to get pain relief while on the road.
When conventional pain control methods don’t work, consider trying lesser-known methods, like acupuncture and holistic treatments.
Learn specific techniques and exercises for relief from sciatica during your workday—helping you to focus on your work and get your mind off your back and leg pain.
Prolonged bed rest may aggravate your back pain due to changes in the muscles, discs, and mechanics of your spine.
Yoga can be an effective, low-impact therapy to find sciatica relief. Here are 4 easy and effective yoga stretches to help strengthen your core, hip, and lower spine.
If you have sciatica, you may have never considered that your tight hamstrings might be a contributing factor. Learn two easy hamstring stretches that may help alleviate your sciatica symptoms
Herniated disc stretching exercises, including hamstring stretches, improve mobility and alleviate pain from lumbar herniated discs.
Learn to identify when lower back pain is caused by common exercise induced soreness and when it signals an actual injury.
You may experience significant pain relief after just one session of McKenzie exercises, but it takes at least 1 to 3 weeks of therapy to get sustained pain relief.