Pain Management and Chronic Pain - Prevention

Could Vitamin D Reduce Your Pain?

Could taking your vitamins ease your pain? It might if you re deficient in Vitamin D.

Avoid Knee Injury during Yoga

If you re not careful your yoga practice can ruin a perfectly good pair of knees. We ve got four ways to keep your knees happy during your yoga practice.

Remedy the Pain in Your Butt

It is not uncommon for people to end up with pain in their gluteal region, or buttocks.

Lifestyle Changes for Sciatica

Changing your lifestyle habits could make a difference in whether or not you experience sciatica.

The Link Between Smoking and Migraines

Avoiding exposure to smoke can prevent the onset of a migraine.

How to Prevent Post-Surgical Pain

By taking the right preemptive steps, you don t have to endure severe pain after surgery.

What's Your Pain Tolerance?

While one person can get a simple paper cut and feel that its agonizing pain, another person can break a bone and find it to be a minimal pain.

Sleep Problems Associated with Fibromyalgia

Since fatigue is one of the main painful characteristics of fibromyalgia, getting sufficient quality sleep is essential.

7 Steps for Strengthening Your Back

While back pain and injury is prevalent among Americans, there are steps you can take to reduce your risk.

Should You Use a Knee Brace?

Companies that make knee braces claim that their products work well. However, scientific studies have not completely agreed.

At-Home Exercises for Pain Management

There is evidence that exercise may be one of the best things you can do to manage chronic pain.

Common Painkillers Might Make You Hard of Hearing

A new study in men hints that popping over-the-counter painkillers regularly can also lead to hearing loss, especially in younger men.

The Importance of an Ergonomic Workstation

You can reduce your risk for stress injuries on the job by setting up an ergonomic workstation.

9 Diet Commandments for Pain Patients

Many of the foods that you eat may be making your pain worse. Knowing what foods to avoid and what other dietary changes you can make to eliminate your pain could be the key to changing the quality of your life.

How to Properly Treat Tennis Elbow

When an individual gets pain at the elbow, frequently the diagnosis is tennis elbow. This condition is considered to be the result of irritation of the tendons from the muscles that extend the wrist and fingers found on the top of the forearm.

Texting Can Be a Pain in the Neck and Shoulders

Too much text messaging may increase the risk of neck or shoulder pain, a recent study shows.

Back Pain and Osteoporosis

Back pain can be caused by a number of conditions, but one that is often overlooked in osteoporosis.

Running Shoes Linked to Joint Strain

A new study suggests that high-tech running shoes can cause joint strain.

What are the advantages of strength-training and flexibility training in treating/preventing back and joint pain?

Physical therapist Mitchell Yass answers readers' questions about back pain in our exclusive weekly series.

Is Sleep Causing Your Neck and Back Pain?

Research shows that if you are suffering from neck and back pain, improper sleep positioning may be the culprit. Find out how it can be prevented, decreased or even eliminated through proper sleep positioning and recommended exercises.

The Truth Behind Stress-Related Neck Pain

While stress typically starts out as mental and emotional stress, it quickly takes on a physical component, resulting in muscle tension in the body. For many Americans, this muscle tension is often felt as a stiff, uncomfortable and sometimes painful neck.

How to Prevent a Hernia from Recurring

A hernia is a result of part of an organ or tissue pushing through a weak area of muscle. If you have experienced a hernia already, there are some steps you can take to prevent a hernia from recurring.

How Painful is Passing a Kidney Stone?

Kidney stones are one of the most painful urinary problems one could have. Passing one is even compared to the pain of giving birth. Although not a guarantee, doctors recommend some measures to prevent the formation of kidney stones.

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Fibromyalgia or Rheumatoid Arthritis? The Differences You Should Know

Five factors that separate fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis.

Battling Chronic Lupus Complications

Here's how to reduce the risk of four common lupus complications miscarriage, kidney failure, infections, and heart disease.

Migraines and Heart Problems: What's the Link?

Migraines may be linked to an elevated risk of heart attack and stroke.

Causes of Inguinal Hernias: An Overview

Find out what causes inguinal hernias the most common type of hernia and how to prevent them.

Do Herniated Discs Always Cause Pain?

Seventy percent of the population have herniated discs and have no pain.

What Causes Lupus?

Here, an overview of the causes of lupus, an autoimmune condition characterized by pain, fatigue, photosensitivity and skin rashes.
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