]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/fix-pain Blog Articles Tagged with 'fix-pain' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/927175?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Happy New Year to readers on the Gregorian Calendar.Happy day to the rest.For your New Year's Resolutions, here are real stories from readers that appeared here on Fitness Fixer.Readers tell how they used these methods for stronger, healthier, pain f... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/927175?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:06:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/926585?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain After injury to the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee (ACL) it is common to be told that surgery is the only way to restore function. Is it?Ninety percent of ACL injuries in the U.S. are treated with surgical reconstruction. A study reported in ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/926585?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:34:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/926011?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain The FDA issued a public health alert today based on their review of 199 clinical trials. Specific drugs for epilepsy and psychiatric disorders are often prescribed to patients with migraine, back and body pain. The FDA review was released last Januar... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/926011?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:41:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/924978?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Reader Carina asked a good question on the post Prevent Back Surgery about how much space there should be in the lower back inward curve. Comments were not accepted by the Blogger software for several weeks, and I could not reply in the comments. Her... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/924978?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:09:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/922803?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain What can you do if you're too tight to stand and move in neutral spine? A common lower back pain occurs after long standing, walking, and upright activity. The most common cause is exaggerated inward curve in the lower spine - a bad posture called hy... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/922803?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:10:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/920635?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain For someone with foot drop, the front lower leg muscles are too weak to lift the foot upward at the ankle. The foot hangs downward instead of lifting upward to take each step. Gait is altered and the front of the foot may slap the ground with each ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/920635?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:10:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/919120?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain This morning, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. The guidelines describe, the types and amounts of physical activity that offer substantial health benefits. In ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/919120?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:46:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/913558?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain In A Whole Big Fix Mike fixed several injuries and made the interesting statement, I stopped cycling to improve my health. Back in December, I asked Mike if he wanted to get back to cycling and about his shoulder. While we were working on his story,... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/913558?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:01:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/912044?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain The photo at right shows one main contributor to shoulder and rotator cuff pain, and one for lower back pain. Can you see them? Can you see why the person in red is not getting as much stretch in the shoulder as they think?I see patients for shoulder... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/912044?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:41:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/911337?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Readers Carol, Don, Teresa, AJ, and others asked about strength, and knee pain and placement when descending stairs.Physical therapist Teresa wrote: Hello Dr. Bookspan, The post on Better Exercise on the Stairs from July 2007 contains the following... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/911337?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:09:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/906789?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Here is Fast Friday Fitness -hand exercise without rehabilitation equipment.One of the exercises against repetitive strain syndrome is to exercise the muscles that open the hands. There are expensive commercial devices you can buy for this. One consi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/906789?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:02:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/905935?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Here is Fast Friday Fitness - quickly change your posture to change your luck on Friday the 13th. Hyperlordosis (swayback posture) seems to be unlucky - it causes lower back pain. You can do this in seconds to make a certain change to healthier spine... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/905935?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:03:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/905319?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain A BBC news article reported on a suit that gives wearers a real life insight into the pain and impaired quality-of-life associated with osteoarthritis (OA). The suit costs 20,000 and was developed by Loughborough University. They wrote: The JOIN... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/905319?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:06:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/904775?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain A Reuters news item last week reports that baby boomers are accumulating wear and tear injuries, and they should consider cutting back on amount and type of exercise they get.The article points out that contributors to injuries are biomechanics, p... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/904775?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:09:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/903659?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Reader Dan wrote: Hello, I'm writing as someone who has incurred a training-related lower back injury and who has great interest in your words on hyperlordosis. I am hoping that you might shed some insight on how to achieve a neutral spine while doin... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/903659?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Mon, 26 May 2008 03:02:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/902861?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Reader Barb wrote: Thanks for yet another great post. I am an ER nurse and see the horror of chronic back pain on a daily basis -- the disability, depression, and addiction that eliminates any quality of life for the sufferer and their family. Even a... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/902861?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Mon, 19 May 2008 13:06:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/901950?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Jeff is a Silicon Valley executive, and coach of Next Stage. He found that a lifestyle of unhealthy exercise habits can accumulate, until one day of golf becomes the Camel's Last Straw. Jeff writes: There is life after back pain even the kind wh... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/901950?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Mon, 12 May 2008 14:15:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/901318?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Dr. Auerbach of the Wilderness Medicine blog wrote an important post for the many requests we get for personalized medical replies. It was so well said, I echo it here for readers of Fitness Fixer:A fair number of comments from readers of this blog c... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/901318?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Thu, 08 May 2008 14:01:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/901186?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain When you stretch and exercise, especially if you stretch and exercise to improve your health, remember that the purpose is not to recreate unhealthy movement habits.Two similar letters came in recently.Reader Tina wrote: Thanks so much for your posts... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/901186?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Wed, 07 May 2008 12:51:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/900921?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Last year, reader Ted fixed back pain by learning to use neutral spine during running and daily life. This week he checked in to say the back is still fine, and that he went on to fix other painful sites.Fixing pain and injuries by doing some exercis... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/900921?rsstype=tag&tag=fix-pain Mon, 05 May 2008 22:38:00 -0400