Muscle spasm, muscle cramp or Charlie horse?  What is the difference? Before discussing muscle spasms and fibromyalgia, here is a description of a few overlapping and synonymous terms: Muscle spasm – a sudden, painful, involuntary and prolonged contraction of a muscle or group of musc

Lower back stretches and exercises for muscle soreness and lower back spasms Low back pain can make even small daily activities like getting dressed, bathing or going to the bathroom feel like they are impossible to do. Prompt and thorough treatment of even small back with back exerci

Exercises, ideas and tricks to improve posture, feel better all over This article presents practical strategies and ideas for the person who is serious about finding ways to improve posture and feel better. Using just a few of the wide variety of interesting and helpful suggestions to

Ideas and tricks to get good posture This article is for the person who is serious about correcting posture problems; many practical ideas to develop good posture. The following is wide variety of interesting and helpful suggestions to improve your standing and sitting posture, and ke

What is posture? How to have better posture and less back pain Posture is the position we habitually hold our bodies while standing, working, moving, sitting or lying down. Postural alignment of the body is maintained by a part of the nervous system that takes over automatic control o

Dr. Lumbago, My mother who is 68 years of age goes to her chiropractor a few times a year when her headaches and low back pain start to bother her.  She has always been a very active woman having grown up and living on a farm all her life.  She says that the chiropractic adjustment th

Hi Dr. Lumbago, I hope you have some answers for me. Sometimes I have pain in my lower back, and sometimes it goes down my butt and into the back part of my upper leg or thigh and ends about at the back of the knee.  When I get pain in the low back and leg pain it happens after I sit

Everyone wants to know what causes low back pain, as though there was a single and simple answer.   Here is a direct and honest to an email that asks this common question. Hi Doctor, Even though I am only 31 years old my back bothers me a lot most of the time.  I am in good shape, I a

Low back pain can be relieved, improved or eliminated by making a few personal changes and using simple procedures that are outlined in this list of 29 tactics. Lower back pain is such a common complaint that chances are you or someone in your family has frequent back pain.  Of those

Dr. Lumbago, I hope you can help me.  I have had pains all over my body for a long time, actually since around the time right after my 2nd child was born when I was 28 years old. People think I am making it up when I tell them how much I hurt all over, like it is something I say to ge