(Jennifer Berry/ Medical News Today) — Many home remedies can help relieve back pain, including stretching and exercise, heat and cold packs, changing footwear, having a massage, and applying arnica.
Lower back pain is the leading cause of absenteeism from work. Up to 80% of adults will …
(Hannah Devlin/ The Guardian) — Women will be given a potential new treatment for endometriosis in a groundbreaking clinical trial that doctors hope will pave the way for the first new class of drug for the condition in 40 years.
The trial will involve 100 women in Edinburgh and London and will assess whether the drug, dichloroacetate, …
Many people struggle to maintain a regular workout regimen. Add in a disability, chronic condition or injury, and it can be even more challenging to incorporate exercise into a weekly routine. Yet it’s important to do so.
Adults with disabilities are three times more likely to develop …
(Jade Biggs/ Cosmopolitan UK) — Thanks to celebrities like Molly-Mae Hague and Halsey, who have spoken honestly about their experience with endometriosis (a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the womb starts to grow in other places, such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes), more people than ever are aware …
(Shruti Rajkumar/ Huffington Post) — Animal welfare activist Bindi Irwin, the daughter of famed wildlife expert Steve Irwin, opened up this week about her decad-elong battle with endometriosis and the surgery she’s undergone to treat the condition.
In a social media post Tuesday, the younger Irwin said
(Ginny Graves/ Oprah Magazine) — Chronic, debilitating pain—the kind that lasts longer than three months—is the most widespread affliction of our time. It besets approximately 100 million adults in the U.S.—more than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined—and can upend sufferers’ sleep, mood,
(Heidi Godman/ Harvard Health) — There’s never a good time for back pain to strike. But there are good strategies for coping with it. If you’re among the millions of people struggling with back pain — eight out of 10 people experience it at some point in their lives, especially low back pain — you’ll want to know what to do.
The …
Imagine living with pain every day for months, or even years — pain that is so intrusive, it disrupts every day of your life.
Unfortunately, this is the daily reality of millions of people living with chronic pain. And all too often, they find their condition being stigmatized …
(University of Melbourne/ Medical Xpress) — Some cases of endometriosis in Australia are taking up to eight years to diagnose, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Endometriosis is a progressive, chronic condition where tissue that lines the uterus (the endometrium) grows …
(Michael Greenwood/ News Medical Net) — Chronic physical illness is psychologically draining to those experiencing it, and psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety are more common amongst such individuals, who are frequently required to adjust their lifestyle and aspirations to accommodate their physical …