Changing Seasons

With the change of seasons, often times comes a shifting in responsibilities and an increase in physical demands that can challenge ones skeletal health. As we transition from summer to fall, the weather will be cooling off, and we often find ourselves putting away the lawn mower and garden tools and picking up the rake […]

Car Seat Absolutes

According to observational surveys of children traveling in cars, safety authorities note that only 7% of the children are properly restrained. This makes the family automobile the potential death trap for more than 90% of the children riding in automobiles. How many times have you seen children sitting in a moving automobile without restraining devices? […]

Best HEALTH Insurance

What’s the best thing you can do to provide for your family? Ask some people that question, and they will tell you all about the great insurance policy they’ve purchased to give their family future security-or the few dollars they’ve managed to stash away in the local bank or savings and loan association. The real […]

Basketball Ankles

Dear MSM, My son is a sophomore in high school and will be going out for basketball next week. He is quite athletic, but has had many ankle sprains in the past. Is there anything that he could do from a preventative standpoint. Answer. The foot and ankle joints are very complex in function and […]

Back To Gardening?

It’s that time of year again when everyone is getting their yard work and gardening done. There’s nothing more rewarding than sitting on your back porch, drinking a glass of ice cold lemonade and relaxing after laboring to make your yard the most beautifully landscaped on the block. Even though this can be rewarding, if […]

Back Pain Quiz

Seventy-five million Americans suffer with “bad backs”. Whether you’re a waitress in a restaurant and on your feet all day or an executive putting together a multi-national deal from your desk, there’s a good possibility that at some point in your life you’ll have problems with your back. If so, not only will it be […]

Back Pain Precipitants

Aside from headache, backache is America’s most common health complaint. Mr. Jones’ car was bumped from behind. He suffers back pain. Mr. Miller lifted a heavy box at work. He suffers back pain. Mrs. Boswell is expecting a child. She suffers back pain. Not all back problems are due to severe strains or dramatic accidents. […]