Lower back pain, the leading cause of disability worldwide according to Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, brings a great number of patients into our office. Sciatica, an inflammation of the sciatic nerve serves as the source of many of these complaints. Sciatic pain often begins in the lower back or the hip and causes an […]
As more people turn toward growing their own organic fruits and vegetables at home or in community gardens, they learn gardening gives them a green thumb … along with gardening aches and pains. Gardening, like any physical exercise, can lead to minor muscle discomfort. However, more serious conditions, such as strain and sprain injuries to the low back […]