In this survey of 195,000 Americans the researches found that those who suffer from chronic pain tend to consume more cigarettes or vape more. It makes sense: chronic pain leads to less life satisfaction and depression. Nicotine fires up the Dopamine. So we need to do all we can to get out of pain fast. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-chronic-pain-odds-vaping-survey.html

I realize that this is somewhat of a heresy these days, but I truly feel after having practice 35 years that strength of the core has very little bearing of whether or not your back will hurt or not Now to be sure, it has value in the overall process of back health, stability and capacity, but when it comes to keeping your back from being in a situation where it’s gonna choose to cause your pain as a warning, sign of problem, strength is not the real indicator The real indicator is frequency of mobility at the L5 S1 junction. They hear me out this area is rich with nerves that responsible mobility that our brain needs to assess where we are in space. If this face did not need to move so regularly, we would not have so many nerves right there. But we do. Furthermore, the joint mile mechanics of L5 and S1 are all aligned for mobility in the sagittal plane, or flexion and extension. So they take all messages move these joints if you sit all day, whether it be a stool, a chair or a car, frequent and consistent flexion and extension, and L5 S1 it’s going to be the key to keeping everything working just right

One of the messages that I will consistently have is that every day we don’t defend our health is a day later on in life that we will have to fight harder to keep any of it. I see that consistently doing home healthcare with people who have multiple system failures going on, they are battling several diseases, which are both acute and chronic, and keeping their health in life together is like playing whack all with all the moles popping up at the same time it is difficult Set a one bit of advice I can give right now with this post. Start start doing something healthy today. I put this program together to help fellow healthcare professionals, overcome a problem, which I am good at that’s ending your pain, cause so often I see pain is a catalyst for multiple issues in health.

That's the whole point of this, for you to be able to smile with your patients

Quick review and commentary about a young lady who suffered from a stroke after stretching her neck. I also comment about stroke and neck manipulations. Check it out.