“Yoga answers a lot of physical problems such as back pain, stress issues, and any kind of joint problems or illnesses. Even more important is the spiritual questioning that comes up around our middle years. We wonder what do I want to hand down to my children, and how do I want to spend my days on this earth? I think yoga begins to help us look at what our passions and our dreams are. And it helps give us the courage once we find passion to actually pursue that!” ThinkingWantGivingYearsLooksKindChildrenImportantHelpingProblemDreamHandsEarthPainSpiritualPassionAnswersWonderIssuesMiddleYogaStressCome UpIllnessPursueMy ChildrenQuestioningOur DreamsJointsBack Pain Author:Rodney Yee
“Many years before when I had serious back pain from a sports injury, the surgeons said they would explore my spine and "figure it out." Out of frustration I had impulsively opted for the procedure. They ended up fusing the vertebrae. It left me debilitated. In hindsight, I blamed myself more than the surgeons. I had pressed them for a solution when in fact none was apparent because the cause of the pain was obscure.” YearsSaidFactsPainLeftCausesSportsFiguresSeriousSolutionsTherapyInjuryFrustrationObscureProceduresSurgeonsSpineHindsightBack Pain Author:Jerome Groopman
“According to a new study, Botox injections can help back pain. So you see, that's why John Kerry had all that Botox - his back was killing him from all that flip-flopping on issues.” HelpingPainStudyIssuesKillingFlipJohn KerryBotoxInjectionBack PainFlopping Author:Jay Leno
“Neither logic nor scientific evidence supports such a belief. Although spinal manipulation can relieve certain types of back pain, neck pain, and other musculoskeletal symptoms, there is no scientific evidence that it can restore or maintain health. As a result of expressing my opinion on this subject, I have been called a chiropractic heretic.” Has BeensPainCertainBeliefResultsOpinionSupportSubjectsTypeEvidenceLogicTherapyNecksInjuryManipulationSymptomsHereticChiropracticBack PainScientific Evidence Book:Inside Chiropractic: A Patient's Guide Source: Inside Chiropractic: A Patient's Guide
“Simple intervention - the time spent with a patient - is a very powerful ingredient of the patient-doctor contract. The evidence is against the traditions such as surgery for back pain being true - the evidence says it doesn't work.” PainSimplePowerfulEvidenceTraditionDoctorsPatientBeing TrueTherapyInjuryIngredientsContractsSurgeryInterventionVery PowerfulTime SpentBack Pain Book:Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign Source: Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign