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• Pilates Exercise System to Promote Back Health

  Pilates teaches awareness of spine alignment and strengthening of the postural muscles that support the spine. Because of this, pilates is a great method for back pain relief.
  By: Beth Glosten, MD Read More

• Tai Chi for Posture and Back Pain

  

  Tai Chi is a form of exercise that has recently been gaining popularity as a way to relieve and/or manage back pain and neck pain. It is often easy to associate Tai Chi with groups of people in parks or gyms moving slowly and deliberately in synchronization. These people are using the same Tai Chi principles and movements created in ancient China and still practiced all around the world as a healing exercise.

  By: Robert Humphreys, DC Read More

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