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 […]

Acupuncture was originally developed in China as a system of diagnosis and treatment based on meridians, a set of channels connecting the internal organs with the body’s surface. Although it was outlawed briefly, it was eventually added to the set of practices known as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Eventually, acupuncture made its way to the […]