Yet another cause of back pain is Arthritis. The word “arthro” refers to joints and “itis” means inflammation. Arthritic changes can give rise to bone spurs in the spine. These spurs occur especially in the cervical (neck) vertebrae, often causing neck pain which radiates to the shoulder, scapular (shoulder blade) region, arm or hands. There […]
The next cause of back pain we will discuss is Structural Problems of the spine. These include scoliosis (a lateral curvature and rotation of the spine), defects within the vertebrae themselves, decreased flexibility and range of motion of the various spinal joints, and misalignments (minute rotations of one vertebrae relative to its neighbor or to […]
In my last blog I mentioned that there are several general causes of back pain and discussed one of those causes. Today I will talk about another cause of back pain, which is poor posture. More specifically, we are talking about loss of flexibility and normal curve in the back. So, remaining flexible in the […]
Did you know that back problems happen with sedentary people just about as much as with those who do a lot of heavy physical labor? In fact, it’s one of the most common ailments in our society and certainly the most common of the health complaints that I see in my practice. Sometimes this pain, […]
The word “piezo” means to press or squeeze, and piesoelectricity is the energetic charge that builds up in certain materials in response to mechanical pressure. Think of a spring. . . the extension of a spring is directly proportional to the load applied to it. When we press onto a coiled, spring-like structure, there will […]
