‘Do this to fix your back pain!’
Posted by Nicholas Dang onIf you browse social media, you would have come across many things that claim to ‘fix’ back pain, from self-massage tools and posture correctors to that one magic exercise you ‘need’ to do.
You might then go and buy that brace or try that stretch for a couple weeks and your pain improves… But was it that intervention that helped? And will it last?
Bulges. Degeneration. Wear and tear. Bone on bone. Does pain mean damage?
Posted by Nicholas Dang onIf you’ve ever had pain, then you might’ve had imaging to find out what was going on, such as an X-ray or MRI. You might’ve then found ‘abnormal’ changes in your body. While it can be intuitive that those tissue changes or ‘damages’ are causing your pain, it mightn’t be that simple.
Should you ice an injury?
Posted by Nicholas Dang onA common belief is that ice helps you recover from an acute injury by reducing inflammation. However, there are a few problems with this statement…