Pain

You already know that sitting is considered “the new smoking,” i.e., harmful to your health and something you need to avoid doing. But it’s not just how long you sit that’s the problem. It turns out it’s the way that you sit that may be causing your back or neck…

Virtually everyone has had a bad headache at some point: the pounding and pressure in your head that can leave you in pain and wondering what you did to bring it on. If you’re lucky, the pain subsides in a short period of time and you move on. Sometimes the…

We all know that exercise is essential to staying healthy as we age, and that walking is among the best activities to take up- the price is right, the equipment is minimal and you can do it no matter where you are. However, for many of us, either arthritic knees…

Raise your hand if you think twice these days before bending over to pick up something you’ve dropped. For all too many of us, pain that emanates from the spine or back often means that bending over is a complex or uncomfortable task. Well, it turns out that over the course…

As more states vote to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, there will inevitably be more people reaching to light up- either for the relaxation or hallucinatory effects, or, more and more, for the pain relief that can accompany marijuana use. There’s data that shows marijuana use in those 65…

It’s everywhere in the news: the surge in opioid addiction and the deadly consequences that can result. And seniors are not immune: data show that one in three Medicare beneficiaries received an opioid prescription in 2015. Regular agebuzz readers will remember that back in February, we highlighted a piece from…