Eat Your Way to Pain Relief
April 28, 2015
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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 …