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Back Pain Education Day 2015: Your Brain And Pain

Dr. Beth Darnall is a Pain Psychologist at the Stanford University Pain Management Center, and she was one of the presenters on the Back Pain Education Day. She discussed the brain and pain connection. Out of all the topics covered, … Continue reading

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Back Pain Education Day 2015: Introduction

Last week Stanford University had an event by the Division of Pain Medicine, focusing on back pain. It was pretty much an all day affair, and luckily, the event was recorded on video and posted on their website. You can … Continue reading

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Back Pain Seminar – Update

The link to the live-stream session for the back pain seminar is: Stanford Back Pain Education Day And here’s the schedule of events for the Stanford Back Pain Education Day (10am-4pm PST):

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Back Pain Seminar

I wanted to share a link with you today about an up-coming seminar focused solely on back pain. Unfortunately, the registration to the event is closed since it has reached full capacity. I believe this event was advertised at the … Continue reading

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5 Signs You Might Suffer From Inflammation

On the recent blog post on this site, we touched upon inflammation, which ironically is our body’s response to protect us from pain and start the healing process. But if inflammation goes out of control, then it has a knack … Continue reading

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Eating Healthy Can Help Your Back Pain

One of the things we do is use ice to relieve pain, such as back pain. Ice helps minimize inflammation, which in turn, helps provide pain relief. Ice is a cheap and safe way to get relief from back pain. … Continue reading

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Very Informative Back Pain Infographic

Back pain can put a definite damper on your life and a huge dent in your wallet! I found this great infographic from the site visual.ly about back pain. It provides interesting statistics and helpful tips on back pain prevention. … Continue reading

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Stem Cells, TGF-ß1 And Back Pain Relief – What’s The Connection?

A recent study has found that the use of stem cells could play a significant role in providing back pain relief. Injections of stem cells into the spine resulted in pain relief lasting over a month. Stem cells from bone … Continue reading

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Biofeedback And Back Pain Relief

Can that mind-over-matter thing really provide back pain relief? Well, it appears well-known medical establishments like the Mayo Clinic think so. That is, they have listed biofeedback as a viable technique in such cases. In general, this technique involves the … Continue reading

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What Does A J-Shaped Spine Have To Do With Back Pain?

On the previous blog post titled “Fix Your Posture = Back Pain Relief“, it discussed how correct posture served as a good foundation for back support, which in turn, provided back pain relief or prevented you from getting back pain. … Continue reading

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