http://www.thenaturalback.com/community/blog Read up on the newest in natural back pain tips and remedies Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:22:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Did you know that the top 10 pharmaceutical companies spent 1.1 BILLION dollars last year on TV advertising? That's billion...with a "B". And according to a New York University study done in 2008, the US pharmaceutical industry spends almost twice as much of sales dollars on promotion (24.4%) as it does ... http://www.thenaturalback.com/community/blog/?p=120 Are you so defeated and frustrated by your struggle with back pain that you're beginning to think that surgery might be the only answer? If you're worn out from months or years of back pain, a surgical option might be looking pretty good right now -- except for the fact ... http://www.thenaturalback.com/community/blog/?p=107 You've probably tried just about everything for your back pain... ...there are too many options, too many choices. Including remedies your relatives and friends tell you about. Some of these remedies might actually be helpful, like taking a bath in mineral salts, or avoiding night-shade vegetables to decrease inflammation. And some are ... http://www.thenaturalback.com/community/blog/?p=91 Have you ever felt like you're alone with your back pain? That your family and friends just don't get it. ...and your doctor doesn't get it either. Despite the fact that billions of dollars are spent every year in the US and other countries on treating back pain, and billions are lost ... http://www.thenaturalback.com/community/blog/?p=80 If you're like millions of us, you spend at least some of your time during the day in a sitting position. You might work at a computer, at a desk, in a medical facility, factory or vehicle. Like it or not, more of us are sitting at our jobs than ever ... http://www.thenaturalback.com/community/blog/?p=43 Frankly, I'm frustrated. There's a disturbing trend in the way many doctors are treating back pain that's frustrating me...and it's frustrating my patients as well. You wait for weeks to get in to see a specialist, and you're hoping you'll find the solution to your pain. The specialist - usually in a ... http://www.thenaturalback.com/community/blog/?p=57 Here's a great post from my friend Thea Walter, a physio and Pilates teacher in Sydney, about back pain and sitting. You can get my free report, "The 5 Best Tips To Avoid The Misery Of Back Pain While Sitting", by entering your 1st name and email address on this page. Here's ... http://www.thenaturalback.com/community/blog/?p=34 Do you ever ask yourself, "why me?" "What did I do to deserve this horrible, debilitating back pain?" Are you a bad person? Did you do something so terrible that you have to pay for it with back pain for the rest of your life? Of course not! But this doesn't change ... http://www.thenaturalback.com/community/blog/?p=9 A new study published this week in "Archives of Internal Medicine", shows that acupuncture is effective for back pain relief. The study followed a random selection of 638 men and women with chronic back pain who had never received acupuncture. They were divided into 4 groups: One group received customized acupuncture ... http://www.thenaturalback.com/community/blog/?p=19 As you go through the series of emails and videos, you might begin to be more aware of your movement and postural habits, and how they may be influencing your back. Perhaps you figured out how to change your chair, desk, or car seat so that you're supporting yourself in ... http://www.thenaturalback.com/community/blog/?p=13