Hold the cane on the side that does not hurt
A study of 27 worn hips: a cane in the far hand cut walking pain from 42 to 26.
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The chiropractor, the pills, and the sheet of exercises
272 people with sore necks were split three ways. Two hours of coaching held its own.
Read this issueHalf of every head turn happens at one joint
How it works Last winter I backed the car out of our drive and found I could not turn my head far enough to
Read this issueAn inch back, ten times, twice a day
Slide your chin straight back and hold it for five seconds. Then do it nine more times.
Read this issueYour scan says degeneration, and so does nearly everyone's
37 in every 100 healthy twenty-year-olds. 96 in 100 by eighty.
Read this issueThe back advice everyone knows, and it does not work
Four thousand postal workers were taught to lift properly, then followed for five years.
Read this issueSix sessions, one pair of shoes, and 96 extra days
701 people were randomized, and the thing being tested was walking.
Read this issueMost back pain never gets a name
In primary care, a specific cause turns up in about one case in a hundred.
Read this issueThe two minutes I do before I get out of bed
Knees bent, feet flat, and let them fall slowly to one side.
Read this issueThe bottle on the counter is not doing it
Nine trials, thirty six thousand people, and not one fewer fall.
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