Chronic headaches usually result from multiple factors. You can decrease your headaches by reducing these factors: tension in your neck and shoulders, excess life stress, hormonal imbalances, unexpressed emotions, or toxic reactions to medications or alcohol. Keeping a headache \”log\” can help you determine any patterns that may be contributing to your headaches.
Note: If you […]

If you\’ve never experienced a migraine headache, consider yourself lucky.
According to the 2007 American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention survey, about 17.1% of women and 5.6% of men suffer from migraine headache symptoms like flashing lights, pins and needle sensations, and blinding, throbbing, and intense pain that is difficult to handle.
However, many migraine sufferers swear that […]

An accurate and thorough assessment of your chronic pain is critical to helping your doctor recommend the best possible treatments. What\’s involved in a good assessment, and what should you expect? The doctor should take a thorough history of all previous medical problems, and your immediate family medical history.
Your doctor should ask plenty of detailed […]

Last Tuesday I hurt myself again, badly. I push myself beyond the limits that pain receptors fire within my brain, past yellow warning lights, ripping through red lights, finally smashing through the \”Bridge Out\” road block, in hope to give myself a hearty, healthy cardio-vascular workout. I measure my performance on a personal […]

At some time in your life you will probably experience lower back pain. It is classified in the medical community as either acute (i.e. temporary flare-ups) or chronic (i.e. long lasting). Under any circumstances, it can be quite disabling, and is a condition that accounts for more sick leave than anything else.
Acute lower back pain […]

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and the part played by the Lower Esophageal Sphincter
The condition known as Gastroesophageal reflux disease is where the acids in the stomach return back up into the esophagus. The acid when it refluxes back into the esophagus can irritate and in some cases actually damage the esophagus lining. The failure […]

What is the difference between Elton John and a computer operator? Give up? Well, all the piano players are a lot less likely to get carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). If we typed, price-scanned, or sewed the way piano players tickle the ivories, wrists straight, hands and fingers almost level with the keyboard, this debilitating wrist […]

Anyone who has eaten spicy food will have experienced \’chilli burn\’. This article will attempt to try and explain how the burn can be prevented and should that fail how to cure the after effects. Many people believe that the burning sensation that chillies give us is part of the reason why they are considered […]

Many people believe that a tension headache is brought on by stress and can be remedied by relaxing. Wisdom of the past blamed these headaches on stressful events, a bad day at work or emotional distress. The truth is none of these reasons for this type of headache seems to be the actual cause.
Although […]

Although doctors don\’t know what causes fibromyalgia, current thinking centers around a theory called \”central sensitization.\” Central sensitization states that people with fibromyalgia have a lower threshold for pain because of increased sensitivity in the brain to pain signals. Researchers believe repeated nerve stimulation causes the brains of people with fibromyalgia to change due to […]