While most research addressing chronic pain is mostly based on Western, more educated, and more developed countries, a growing number of research is focusing on indigenous populations worldwide. Not only these research add more knowledge to our understanding of pain, they can help formulate healthcare and government policies in serving

Recently, a reporter from NPR interviewed a health expert, Esther Gokhale, on why indigenous populations do not have much back pain compared to people in industrialized nations. Gokhale’s answer is that people in indigenous cultures have a J-shape spine. (1) “That S-shaped spine is actually not natural. It’s a J-shaped spine

Some personal trainers and physical therapists believe that certain exercise modalities are “better” than other types of modalities or exercises for working with clients and patients with low back pain. However, years of data and research indicate that these ideas may not be very true. Two 2016 Cochrane Reviews conducted

Are planks overrated with their how-long-can-you-hold challenges? Let’s take a closer look at what the current evidence says about planks and core strength. “These are all great exercises to use in the initial training stages for beginners. But I move past them as quickly as possible into using more challenging/interesting

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Strength training on the uninjured limb can minimize strength loss in the injured limb. Getting a broken leg or arm can impede your workout since the injured limb is likely to be immobilized. While you can still do arm curls or leg extensions on the healthy limb, your injured one