category: Health Concern Directory Back Problems


Help for Your Lower Back Help for Your Lower Back

Posted in Back Problems on April 3rd, 2009 | 317 views

Postures from the Alexander Technique may be the key to helping a chronically aching lower back.


Is Your Mind Hurting Your Back? Is Your Mind Hurting Your Back?

Posted in Back Problems on October 8th, 2008 | 938 views

The way you think and process information may contribute to tenseness in your back muscles and leave your back vulnerable to injury.


Six Ways Help Your Bad Lower Back Six Ways Help Your Bad Lower Back

Posted in Back Problems on April 24th, 2008 | 2,048 views

by Vic Shayne, PhD
Back problems — especially lower back pains — are among the top health complaints in the United States. Nobody is completely sure why this is, but it’s possibly from one or more of the following — overweight conditions, sports injuries, incorrect lifting, poor posture, spinal injury, disc problems, bad sleep, poor bedding/mattresses, [...]


What You Should Know for Your Bad Back What You Should Know for Your Bad Back

Posted in Back Problems, Bones, Joints, Muscles, Grappler's Health & Martial Arts on May 23rd, 2007 | 516 views

Lift With Your Legs:
The Legacy of Back Pain
by Vic Shayne, PhD
Back pain is right up there with headaches and heart attacks when it comes to the most common types of health complaints. In fact, low back pain is the #2 reason that Americans see their doctor — second only to colds and flus. (NIH)
The National [...]


Oh, Your Aching Back! Maybe A Lack of Blood Circulation is the Key! Oh, Your Aching Back! Maybe A Lack of Blood Circulation is the Key!

Posted in Back Problems, Heart + Cardio on April 4th, 2007 | 905 views

Backaches are at the top of the list of health complaints.
Blocked arteries to the lower back contribute to the pain.
by Vic Shayne, PhD
Back problems are at the top of the health complaints of all Americans. Why is this? What’s going on here? Well, for one thing, studies have recently shown that there is an [...]


Joint, Bone, Muscle & Tendon Health Joint, Bone, Muscle & Tendon Health

Posted in Back Problems, Bones, Joints, Muscles, Inflammation + Pain on February 16th, 2007 | 8,848 views

Dealing with problems of the joints, tendons, muscles, cartilage and supportive structures has to do with prevention as well as feeding the musculoskeletal system with supportive nutrients.


Pain, Inflammation & Nutrition Pain, Inflammation & Nutrition

Posted in Back Problems, Bones, Joints, Muscles, Inflammation + Pain on January 26th, 2007 | 632 views

By Vic Shayne, PhD
Nobody gets through life unscathed and unhurt. From the time we are little children, we come to understand the meaning of bruises, scratches, sores, infections and inflammation. But what is not well known is that inflammation is a process of great importance, and not something to regard as a disease itself. In [...]


Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM

Posted in Back Problems, Bones, Joints, Muscles, Menopause, Sports & Nutrition on January 17th, 2007 | 5,752 views

by Vic Shayne, PhD
When it comes to your body’s health and healing, which is preferable — to eat a man-made chemical or nutritious food? ProMin Complex and GreenNutrients provide a number of nutrient-dense foods that are supportive of the body. Nutritious foods provide the building blocks for healing and repair of joints, cartilage, muscle and [...]


Low Back Pain Exercises Low Back Pain Exercises

Posted in Back Problems on January 24th, 2006 | 821 views

Editor’s Note: Low back pain is one of the most prevalent of all medical complaints. In the past I’ve written on the benefits of increasing blood supply to the lower back as a means of lessening pain, as well as the benefits of supplying nutrients in the form of VasCor, ProMin and InflaPlex (descriptions of [...]


Diet for Body Builders? Diet for Body Builders?

Posted in Back Problems, Bones, Joints, Muscles, Energy, Anxiety, Emotions on December 14th, 2005 | 1,162 views

Splendid Specimens:
The History of Nutrition in Bodybuilding
By Randy Roach
Weston A. Price Organization
The sport called bodybuilding demands the ex-treme in body presentation. No other athletic endeavor requires such high levels of regimentation for muscle development and body fat reduction. To outsiders, such efforts may appear vain and self-centered, even looming out there on the lunatic fringe. [...]