A car accident happens every day! This idea has been around for a long time: your emotional and physical health before you have experienced trauma like a car accident has a lot to do with how much pain you are going to have afterward. And that idea is part of a more general belief in […]
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Can you tell me what’s the difference between disc herniation and disc protrusion? I saw two different surgeons for an opinion on what’s causing my back pain. One told me it is a disc herniation. The other said it was a disc protrusion. Are they the same thing or do I have two different problems? […]
Keys to recognizing and recovering from whiplash. Each year, more than two million Americans experience whiplash. Also called a neck pain or sprain, it occurs when the head suddenly snaps forward, then backward — a whip-like motion that overstretches the joints, muscles, and ligaments of the neck and upper back. Here are things you may […]
Strength training programs had a positive effect on both acute and chronic injury rates in the time following. The authors noted that the impact of the training was dose-dependent, meaning that the higher the volume and/or intensity of the study, the better effect it had on minimizing injury risk.