TENS Pain Relief

owner | August 15, 2009

One of the options that your physical therapist might use to relieve your back pain is the use of a TENS machine.  TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation.  The theory behind TENS machines is that the mild electrical stimulation that the unit supplies overrides the pain signal that you receive from your brain.  As [...]

Primary Causes of Lower Back Pain

owner | July 27, 2009

What are the primary causes of lower back pain?   There are many causes or reasons for back pain–some of them physical and some of them can be mental or psychological.  Back pain can be the result of a single sudden action or it can be the result of repetitive actions over a long period of time.  [...]