here in upstate NY. For some reason that escapes me, I was home and alone in our apartment as my wife was hospitalized at the time ( and that's the part that actually escapes me! ). It was a Tuesday morning and I was waking up to have my breakfast and get ready for work, but when I tried to get ...

Sciatica is characterized by pain in the lower back and thigh region that radiates along the sciatic nerve and often down the back of the leg. Although it's a relatively common ailment, it also excrutiangly painful and often debilitating.

Each patient is different, but the possible causes for sciatica are nerve damage due to a ruptured lumbar disk, inflammation ...

Winter is upon us again and most of the country is covered in layers of freezing snow. Some folks know winter is here because they can see the snow through their window or hear about it on the news, but some of us know winters is coming long before it arrives. We can predict the cold because our joints and ...

Back pain, especially lower back pain, is exremely common during pregnancy due to the sheer number of physical changes that occur. Added weight means that the back has to support a larger load, especially if the woman was already overweight before the pregnancy. There is also a change in the woman's center of gravity triggers, pelvic changes, loose joints ...