Should You Be Worried About Your Neck Cracking?

Crack! There it goes again. You tilted your head quickly when a coworker yelled your name, and your neck just cracked out of nowhere. What was that? Why does your neck randomly crack? And – should you be concerned? The good news is that most of the time, the cracking...

How To Describe Your Sciatic Pain To Family And Friends

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been dealing with those shooting pains in your lower back, butt and legs, it’s still hard to correctly describe to your friends and family just what kind of pain you are experiencing when you have sciatica. It’s also hard for...

5 Things You Should Know About Chronic Pain

When you suffer from chronic pain of any kind, sometimes it’s hard for your friends, your family and even you to fully understand exactly what it is you’re going through. That’s why it’s so important that you remember these five things. You can also share...

Ice V. Heat: Which Is Better For Pain?

We hear a lot about applying ice and heat to injuries. Both have pain-reducing qualities, but which is better for chronic pain? As it turns out, it just depends on the type of injury you have. When should you use ice? Researchers have found that ice is...

What Is A Slipped Disc?

You might have heard the term “slipped disk” before (sounds painful!), but what exactly is it? What is a slipped disk? A slipped disk happens when the soft inner part of the disk sticks out through the outer ring. You’re more likely to have a slipped disk if you’re an...

Why Painkillers Can Sometimes Increase Chronic Pain

Opioid addiction is an epidemic in the United States, having killed an estimated 14,000 people in 2014 alone. It’s a crisis so severe that doctors and pharmacists are constantly raising the standards on which patients can receive opioid medications. They are also...