Back Pain: Understanding the Problem
BACK PAIN: UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM Chances are if you are reading this article you have had an episode of back pain. Statistics from the National Institute of Health report that 8 out of 10 people will experience back pain in their lifetime. Adult women have a higher reported incidence of back pain but men, 31% […]
Concussion: How Do We Manage It?
Concussion: How Do We Manage It? A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a blow; jolt to the head, or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth. The sudden movement can cause the brain to bang against or twist […]
So what are those round circles on some of the Olympic athletes bodies?
The round circles you saw on some of the Olympic athletes, like Michael Phelps shoulders, are from a treatment called cupping. The treatment is performed using various sized suction cups creating a vacuum to the underlying tissue. Cupping therapy is a significant component of complementary and alternative medicine throughout the world and is popular in […]
