You have a facet joint in your back. Actually you have many facet joints, because a facet joint is the joint that exists between two vertebrae. These joints are what give your spine mobility while keeping the vertebrae lined up. Without the joints, the spine wouldn’t have controlled movement.
Facet joints can cause back pain when [...]

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Getting a diagnosis of degenerative disc disease can be scary. It sounds so awful in several ways. Degenerative means a steady decline and disc disease indicates something abnormal is happening to your back. In essence, degenerative disc disease is when the disc between vertebrae starts drying out. If it gets dry enough the disc can [...]

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Drs. Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall developed a theory about back pain in the 1960s. Research on their theory is being given new life due to the amazing medical research tools available today. The theory is called the Gate Control Theory of Pain. It’s an interesting theory that’s being studied closer as doctors learn to [...]

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The spine is made up of 3 sections and each section has so many vertebrae. If you’re going to talk about back pain then you should know which vertebrae numbers belong to which spine segment. Otherwise, it won’t mean a thing when the doctor tells you that vertebrae T6 is injured. By the way, vertebrae [...]

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A bulging disc is when the spongy material between vertebrae extends out. It’s usually caused by too much pressure that’s been put on the spine causing excessive compression. There are lots of nerves that run out from the disc, so when the disc bulges near one of the nerves, pain develops. The pain isn’t necessarily [...]

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It seems like we should just know how to sit properly, but unfortunately we don’t. How you sit and how long you sit can have a direct impact on your spine health. There are lots of people who sit all day at work and then sit in front of the television at night. [...]

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When you experience upper back pain, it’s occurring in what’s called the cervical curve which is composed of the vertebrae C1 through C7. Vertebrae are the bones in your spine and this section of the spine has less motion than the mid-spine bones. The cervical curve bones have a very important role: [...]

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People who lift a lot of weight at work are often seen wearing weight belts for extra support. If you look at one of the belts, you’ll notice it wraps all the way around the abdomen and the back. That’s because the abdomen muscles work to give the back extra support, and the [...]

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Right side back pain is actually quite common, and probably one of the reasons is most people tend to be right sided and overcompensate with the right side for strength moves, writing, lifting and so on. There’s no scientific proof this is true, but even poor sitting posture often involves leaning to the right and [...]

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Up to 70% of pregnant women will experience some form of back pain during the pregnancy. There are lots of reasons for this and some are less obvious than others. One of the obvious reasons for pregnancy back pain is the increased frontal weight being carried for 9 months. Your back muscles [...]

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