Pregnancy should be a wonderful and special time in a women’s life, but sometimes the discomfort can make her feel anything but wonderful. Back pain during pregnancy is a common complaint as the growing fetus develops within the mother. Muscles and ligaments stretch, hormones change, and the excess weight on a women’s spine can often [...]

At IHD, we call sciatica “the sly magician” because it tends to take so many different forms.  People often perceive sciatica as a kind of nerve pain that goes down the leg.  However, sciatic pain can sometimes be mild (pins and needles sensation) and at other times be very severe (burning, piercing and even stabbing [...]

A 2004 study in the Journal Neuroscience gives us insight on the effect of chronic back pain and its effects on brain activity. Scientists at Northwestern University in Chicago used MRI scans to compare the brains of 26 individuals with chronic back pain (CBP) with that of the brains of 26 pain free control subjects. [...]