Sunday, September 5th, 2010

Nobody enjoys having a sore lower back. Yet and still many people suffer from it. That is a strange thing to say because most cases are completely manageable. Even so, it is very likely that you or someone you know could use some low back pain relief. The majority of cases come from core muscles (abs, hamstrings, low back, butt) being weak and inflexible. Therefore, if you keep these muscles strong and flexible you are removing the primary root of a sore lower back.

Fibromyalgia affects a large percentage of the population. Conventional and alternative approaches currently offer very little help. Although the outlook may appear bleak, relief is possible. In fact, using the right approach, complete recovery can be a reality.

I easily can remember the day that my life shifted into a new kind of normal when I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. At the age of 24, having dealt with a few weeks of swelling in various parts of my body, sometimes to the point of being disabling, my doctor called me at work with the test results. I had a positive rheumatoid factor, she explained, which most likely meant that I had rheumatoid arthritis. Faking confidence, I asked her, “On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being normal, what can I expect my life to be like from here on out?” She did not wish to answer, but after I told her I needed some kind of scale to know what side I was up against, she reluctantly replied, “If you are lucky maybe a six.”