Time for holiday shopping and wish lists. As suggestions, I wanted to list a few of my favorite things. All of these make great gifts to improve spine health and make living more comfortable. The Perfect Chair (www.humantouch.com): A zero-gravity oasis La Fuma Chair (www.amazon.com):  Portable comfort for every location Body Pillow (www.relaxtheback.com): Keeps the [...]

The medical community goes to great lengths to place patients in neat little cubby holes by labeling each person with a diagnosis. A recently published study by Buitenhuis et al (Spine, 2008, Volume 33, Number 22, p 2427-2433) demonstrated that specifically believing that one’s neck pain was due to a “whiplash” injury contributed to a [...]

Physical therapists poke fun at doctors. Doctors cannot bear to be in the same room as chiropractors. Everyone shits on nurses. The aloofness of surgeons is often impenetrable. Alternative practioners are cast aside in the gutter to fight it out for every last penny. And as the frustration grows, patients hate us all. How can [...]