Category Archives: Lower Back Relief

Hot Tub + Massage Helps My Back/Leg Issue

Several months ago I pushed a little too hard in a yoga class and made a huge mess of my back and right leg. At first it was an excruciating case of sciatica, then it settled into a more general pain and discomfort, marked by a great deal of tightness and severely limited range of […]

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Chronic Back Pain? Move to France! Or Give Yourself Spa Therapy

While A New England Journal of Medicine article calls low back pain “one of the most common causes of morbidity and absenteeism in the US,” an article in Spine points out that “the proportion of physician visits for back pain has changed little in the past decade.” Perhaps this is because commonly prescribed treatments such […]

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