Middle back pain refers to pain or discomfort in the thoracic spine — the region of the back between the rib cage and the base of the neck. In this region, there are 12 spinal disks, several vertebrae, and many … Continue reading Middle back pain: Causes, treatment, and exercises
Roughly 10 percent of the adult population suffers from the type of heel pain known as plantar fasciitis. (1) Plantar fasciitis is caused by inflammation of the thick fascia tissues of the heels. It’s a common running injury and usually … Continue reading Plantar Fasciitis Natural Remedies + 5 Key Stretches
Toe injuries can happen to anyone, but your odds of catching, crunching, or smashing a toe rise exponentially when you’re doing any type of fast-paced activity or sport (or if you’re just a klutz). Common toe injuries include turf toe, … Continue reading How to Handle Toe Pain and Soreness From Conditions Like Turf Toe
Health advice should always be taken with a healthy degree of scepticism. We are constantly presented with new products that are supposed to make us live longer, happier, and more beautiful lives. It’s all very tempting – but at the … Continue reading The Best CBD Oil On The Market – For Chronic Pain Relief
You may have heard that drinking milk helps with heartburn. Or maybe your aunt swears that eating a slice of bread is the quickest way to provide relief from that prickly sting. But when the burning sensation starts, do home … Continue reading Why Drinking Milk Doesn’t Help Heartburn, According to an Expert
Having your leg or calf seize in the middle of the night is a pretty brutal way to wake up. Of course, a charley horse is pretty painful any other time, too. The pain of a charley horse—which refers to … Continue reading How to Get Rid of a Charley Horse – Stop Leg Cramps Fast
We’ve all been there — sick in bed, simultaneously feeling hot and cold with a high fever. All we want to do is feel better if only this darn fever would break. Looking for a natural remedy for a fever? Turns … Continue reading How to Break A Fever (and How to Get Rid of One)
Peppermint oil is one of the most versatile essential oils out there. It can be used aromatically, topically and internally to address a number of health concerns, from muscles aches and seasonal allergy symptoms, to low energy and digestive complaints. … Continue reading Peppermint Oil Uses, Benefits, Side Effects and More
If you’re on the lookout for gluten-free grains that pack a nutritional punch, you’ll definitely want to try amaranth. The grain is gaining popularity today because of its startling health benefits. It has an earthy and nutty flavor, helps you … Continue reading Amaranth Benefits, Nutrition, Seeds and How to Use
If you’re like most people, you at least occasionally deal with acne breakouts, skin dryness, redness and signs of uneven skin tone. If so, you probably wonder about possible underlying causes of these skin conditions in hopes of finding a … Continue reading Face Mapping: What Science Says & How It Works
Whether you’re an athlete with a daily high demand placed on your body or recovering from an injury or illness, deep tissue massage likely has some benefits to offer you. Massages have been utilized for thousands of years throughout the … Continue reading Deep Tissue Massage Benefits, Techniques and More
Your mouth can reveal a lot more about you than your pearly whites and your opinions. It also holds clues to your overall health. “The body is all connected,” says Sally Cram, DDS, consumer advisor for the American Dental Association. … Continue reading Health Conditions With Symptoms Your Dentist Can See in Your Mouth
Nothing hurts as good as a great ab workout, unless that workout is the wrongworkout and that burn you’re feeling isn’t just your core muscles building themselves back into a six-pack. You know the feeling—it’s in your back. You might … Continue reading Don Saladino Demonstrates Deadbug Abs Exercise to Save Your Back
This homemade muscle rub really works! It penetrates deep into the muscles, bringing a soothing and relaxing sensation. Among the natural muscle relaxers I’ve used, this is one of my favorite remedies to use after I’ve done my BurstFIT workout. Homemade Muscle … Continue reading Homemade Muscle Rub
Okay, admit it: You sit at a desk most of the day or hunched over your phone DMing memes to your friends. By the time you’re home for the evening, you have some serious aches in your back, shoulders, and … Continue reading Best Posture Corrector Devices 2019 – Devices For Posture Support
Strep throat can be a painful and frustrating respiratory condition, making it hard to swallow, eat and sleep. Although the conventional treatment for strep throat is antibiotics, research shows that they only reduce the length of the illness by about half … Continue reading 16 Natural Strep Throat Home Remedies for Strep Throat Treatment
So many things that seem so right in the moment have consequences later, and the simple act of eye rubbing turns out to be one of them. Whether it’s from a long day, a long night before the long day, … Continue reading Why Rubbing Your Eyes Feels Good – And Can Be Dangerous
Summertime: trips to the beach, family cookouts, warm nights and … sunburn? Unfortunately, even if you’ve slathered on sunblock religiously, those UV rays can sneak through and leave you with a painful, itchy red burn. While I believe some sensible … Continue reading Sunburn: Home Remedies, How to Prevent and More
If you’ve ever had a meal and felt uncomfortable for hours after—think bloating, indigestion, or cramping—you know how much it sucks. But what if you could pop a pill and finally have these issues become a thing of the past? … Continue reading What Are Digestive Enzymes? Digestive Enzyme Supplements, Foods, Benefits
According to Michael Phelps everyone peels in the pool. “Chlorine kills it so it’s not bad,” he says. But according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most decorated Olympian of all time is very, very wrong. Yes, … Continue reading CDC Warns That If A Pool Smells Like Strong Chlorine It Might Have “Lots Of Pee, Poop, Sweat” In It
Hemorrhoids are a very common anorectal condition that affects millions of people around the world. Over half of all people will develop symptomatic hemorrhoids at some … Continue reading How to Get Rid of Hemorrhoids: Remedies, Causes, Precautions
For years, scientists researching pain, movement, and recovery had no interest in the weblike tissue known as fascia, which coats your muscles, nerves, and organs. But things have changed. Researchers—and savvy trainers—now view something called fascia as your secret weapon … Continue reading What Is Fascia — And How Treating It Can Make You Pain-Free
Congested? Sore? Anxious? There’s an essential oil for that. Essential oils may seem like a buzzy trend in the beauty and wellness space, but there’s no denying the extensive benefits found in age-old plant extracts—especially eucalyptus oil. Eucalyptus oil can … Continue reading 12 Eucalyptus Oil Benefits – The Best Ways to Use Eucalyptus Oil
Gone are the days when you’d slink hungover into a CVS for Pedialyte on a Sunday morning making vague excuses about needing it for your sick small child or niece or whatever. The company has finally leaned into its role … Continue reading Pedialyte’s New Packets Are Finally for Adults – Is Pedialyte a Good Hangover Cure?
If you ask anyone who knows me well, they’d probably list “stressing” as one of top skills. Whether it’s a work assignment or dating problem, I tend to overanalyze and fret about all the things that could go wrong. Instead … Continue reading Can CBD Help With Anxiety? Here’s What Happened When I Tried It
Life as an office drone might be good for your bank account — but your cushy job is not great for your body. Work out all you want on your own time, but if you spend all day sitting at … Continue reading 12 Exercises To Improve Posture – Workouts for Office Workers
How to stop diarrhea Americans have a bout of acute diarrhea–three or more loose, watery bowel movements a day–about once a year, usually related to food poisoning or another passing infection. Others have chronic diarrhea, often related to a long-standing … Continue reading Home Remedies for Diarrhea
We all secretly love sore muscles. It’s proof you put in serious work at the gym, and your body is feeling it. But some muscle soreness isn’t simply due to lactic acid buildup — it’s a sign you straight-up sent your … Continue reading 8 Ways to Get Rid of Sore Muscles – How to Speed Up Recovery
Starting at age 14, Katherine Bice used to wear three sports bras when exercising because it was the only way she felt comfortable. Her breasts bounced around a lot, and after just a few minutes, she was in pain. As … Continue reading Breast Pain Keeps Women From Exercise: Can The Right Bra Help?
So, boobs: Overall, they’re pretty great—regardless of their size or shape. But, damn, they can be painful sometimes. Boob pain can happen for a variety of reasons—check those bra sizes, girls!—but, there’s one super-scary one that breast pain is largely … Continue reading Sore Breasts – 5 Reasons Your Boobs Hurt
Meditation has been described as being like “exercise for your brain.” And while basic forms of meditation can be really simple — for example, focusing on … Continue reading The 5-Step Approach to Effective Guided Meditation
Valley fever is a fungal infection that is most common in the Southwestern United States and parts of Central and South America. The fungus lives in the soil and can cause the infection when you breathe in dust or fungal … Continue reading Valley Fever (+ 5 Natural Tips for Managing Valley Fever Symptoms)
Research is increasingly showing a mind-body connection. Did you know, for example, that depression could be a result of bacteria in your gut? In 2012, scientists at University College Cork discovered that brain levels of serotonin, or the ‘happy hormone,’ … Continue reading The Gut Bacteria and Depression Connection
Next to back pain, knee pain is one of the most common complaints among both older adults and younger athletes. Knee injuries are one common cause … Continue reading Knee Pain Relief: 6 Natural Treatments, Including Exercises
Like wintergreen, cramp bark is another herbal remedy that naturally contains a compound called methyl salicylate, which is known to have pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory effects. As its name hints, cramp bark is known for relieving cramps, including those associated with premenstrual … Continue reading Cramp Bark for Menstrual Relief + 4 Other Benefits
The FDA has issued a mandatory recall of all kratom products sold by Triangle Pharmanaturals. The supplement has been linked to a dangerous salmonella outbreak affecting at least 87 people, and the company failed to comply with a voluntary recall … Continue reading Kratom Just Became The FDA’s First Ever Mandatory Recall
Actress Amanda Seyfried admitted not long ago on a podcast that she’s been taking the antidepressant Lexapro for “years and years and years.” She even continued taking the drug while pregnant with her first child. Must be pretty harmless, right? … Continue reading 7 Lexapro Side Effects You Should Know
I met Luke at a professional conference. I’m a public health and behavioral science expert; Luke’s a statistician for a hospital system in New York City. I thought he was brilliant — two Ivy League degrees, decades of experience working … Continue reading Fake News About Health You Need to Stop Believing
Clinical research regarding stem cell therapy benefits has grown dramatically in recent decades. The most promising thing about stem cell therapy — and similar prolotherapy treatments … Continue reading 5 Stem Cell Therapy Benefits, Uses & How It Works
For those familiar with natural medicine and chronic pain, comfrey is likely on your list of remedies. This herb has been used for centuries to treat … Continue reading Comfrey: Soothes Muscles & Joints + Helps Relieve Pain
Let’s face it, Mondays kinda suck. Even Sunday afternoons can turn sour as we anticipate the workweek ahead. More than three-quarters of people say they get the pre-work “Sunday blues,” according to a recent poll. Starting your Monday feeling sad, anxious, and … Continue reading What to Do on Sunday to Make the Week Easier
Natural medicine has long appreciated the benefits of herbs and food as medicine. One such example of this is adaptogenic herbs, or “adaptogens.” There is a good bit of science behind the benefits of adaptogen herbs that I’ll share with you, … Continue reading 7 Adaptogenic Herbs or Adaptogens that Help Reduce Stress
The term craniosacral therapy (or CST) refers to how this treatment approach addresses abnormalities of fluid and membranes connecting to both the cranium and sacrum. The sacrum is a triangular bone in the lower back situated between the two hipbones of the pelvis … Continue reading Craniosacral Therapy for Depression, Neck Pain & Headaches
Scientists have finally concluded that antidepressants work following the results of a major new study. According to the results published in the Lancet, which analyzed data from 522 trials involving 116,477 people, 21 common antidepressants were all more effective at … Continue reading Antidepressants Really Do Work, According To Major New Study
Having bleeding gums is a common oral health problem. In many cases, it may be due to simple, temporary causes, like brushing too hard or just starting a flossing routine. In others, it may be a warning sign for a … Continue reading Bleeding Gums + 5 Ways to Improve Gum Health
You’re bloated like never before and your period has been acting CRAZY for the past few months. Probably just PMS gone wild, right? Not so much. Those are both symptoms of uterine fibroids, which you definitely shouldn’t just ignore. Fibroids … Continue reading Fibroid Symptoms Every Woman Should Know About
Psoriasis is a chronic, autoimmune skin disease that causes inflammation and scaling of the skin that affects approximately 2 percent to 2.6 percent of the U.S. population. (1) Normal, healthy skin experiences cell turnover about once a month, but when you … Continue reading Psoriasis Diet and Natural Treatment Options
Compared to the rest of the digestive system, the gallbladder doesn’t receive a ton of airplay. The pear-shaped organ that hangs out with the liver and pancreas, acts as a storage facility for bile, releasing it into the intestines on … Continue reading 6 Gallstone Symptoms You Should Know About
