Tips For Managing The Garden This Summer Without Worsening Your Back Pain

As gardening season approaches, you may find yourself eager to get out into the garden. Unfortunately, you might also find yourself struggling with the effects of gardening on your chronic back pain. Before you start working in the yard again, you should talk with your chiropractor about a pain management routine that helps you to limit the pain effect of your yard work. Here are a few tips to help you combat the discomfort. [Read More]

Podiatrists Advise How To Make Sure That You Buy Comfortable Shoes

The shoes you wear guard against foot problems in the future. You should concentrate on choosing a proper fitting pair of shoes. Make the decision to choose a pair of shoes based on how comfortable your feet feel in them. Podiatrists note that solid construction of the shoes you purchase is essential. Why is that so? Your foot construction is different from that of another person, and you must feel comfort when you are fitting shoes in the store. [Read More]

Are You Pregnant? You Can Still Dress Fashionable

When you find out you are pregnant, the most important thing you need to do is to see your obstetrician regularly, and take your prenatal vitamins. You also need to start looking at maternity clothes now before your baby bump starts growing. Shopping early gives you time to shop and find fashionable maternity clothes. Many people think just because they are pregnant they cannot dress fashionable, but this is not true. [Read More]

Think You Have Food Poisoning? It's Probably A Norovirus

Norovirus is the culprit behind what is commonly called the "stomach flu" (actually no relation to the influenza virus), the "24 hour bug" or acute gastroenteritis, which is inflammation of the stomach and the small intestine. This illness is one of the biggest reasons for trips to the ER or to urgent care. Signs and Symptoms Signs and symptoms of this illness can include the following: Nausea and vomiting Diarrhea Abdominal pain Fever Head and body aches It is worth noting that some of these same symptoms are noted in infants and children, and the culprit is the rotavirus. [Read More]