An estimated 116 million US adults suffer with chronic pain – twice as many people as have heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes combined. The financial cost of all this pain is $560–635 billion each year.
A pilot study published online this month in the journal Pain Medicine evaluated the safety and effectiveness of vagus nerve stimulation for patients with treatment-resistant fibromyalgia. Read More »
Spinal disc degeneration is not a disease. In other words, disc degeneration is not an abnormality in the normal human body. Disc degeneration is the natural aging process that causes normal changes in the spinal discs. Read More »
Overworking the back can strain muscles, which increases the risk for injury and poor posture in young growing bodies. Follow these backpack safety tips in back to school season! Read More »