If you’re an average-size human, your head probably weighs between 10 and 11 pounds. When you realize that’s heavier than the average newborn, you can understand how hard the seven neck vertebrae and surrounding small muscles, tendons and ligaments have to work to support your head.  When you move your head from a neutral, upright […]

Approximately 70% of the American population has at least one headache each year, making it one of the most common reasons for someone to schedule a doctor’s visit. Headache pain can be debilitating, making it difficult to work, go to school, do household chores or enjoy your favorite hobbies. Fortunately, you don’t have to suffer […]

Without your joints, you wouldn’t be able to walk, stretch, bend over or perform most of the movements you do each day. Unfortunately, about 25% of American adults have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis, a condition that causes the joints to break down over time. As osteoarthritis worsens, it can lead to joint pain, stiffness and […]

Around a third of adults experience back pain annually, with low-income individuals, seniors and women having a higher likelihood of back pain than the general population. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls acute low back pain a “very common condition” and reports that around a quarter of all adults in the United States […]