Tag: diet

Reaching for the broccoli is typically not the first thing you do when experiencing back pain. The average American diet has no more than 10 percent of calories coming from fruits and vegetables. But if you’re experiencing back pain, particularly pain caused by inflammation, you may want to rethink your diet. Reducing inflammation is easier—and tastier—than you may think. The most common causes of back pain are mechanical; however, inflammation frequently accompanies mechanical problems – for example, in the setting of a strained ligament, disc degeneration, or a herniated disc. Therefore, supplementing the treatment of back pain with the right …

Sure, it’s easier to gain weight than it is to lose it – but at what cost? Studies show that a healthy diet and exercise can help combat obesity and metabolic disease, and prevent future back problems. Weight loss can improve back pain for both men and women of all demographics. I have many patients who have successfully improved their chronic back pain with weight loss and regular exercise. Physical activity increases the exchange of nutrients between spinal discs and other spine structures. When an individual doesn’t participate in enough physical activity, the spinal discs are deprived of the nutrients …