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Expert reveals the best sleeping position for maintaining good posture
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The study revealed the little-known connections between our sleep patterns and the health of our spines, adding a fresh perspective to the conversation. Source: Getty Images.
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How better quality sleep could put an end to your back pain woes

How better quality sleep could put an end to your back pain woes

World Spine Day, October 16th, has once again prompted us to reflect on our posture, daily routines, and the condition of our backs.
The next time you’re faced with picking up something heavy up or putting it down, try to remember, it’s all in the hips. Source: Getty
Experts

All in the hips: How safe gardening practices could prevent a lifetime of back pain

All in the hips: How safe gardening practices could prevent a lifetime of back pain

'Community Moves' Founder, Van Marinos, explains how a simple movement pattern alteration when gardening could save you a lifetime of lower back pain.
Back pain can really put a dampener on your day but this 10-second stretch may offer the relief you need. Source: Getty Images.
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Banish back pain with this easy 10-second stretch

Banish back pain with this easy 10-second stretch

Back pain affects one in six Australians at some point in their lives and can put a real dampener on one's mood.
One in five people experience chronic pain. Source: Getty
Experts

How can exercise help reduce chronic pain?

How can exercise help reduce chronic pain?

One in five Australians lives with chronic pain.
Andris says, "We waste our time condemning the messenger." Source: Getty Images
Bloggers

‘Embracing the inevitability of discomfort has helped me live with chronic pain’

‘Embracing the inevitability of discomfort has helped me live with chronic pain’

You could be forgiven for questioning my sanity if I told you that I love pain: I consider it as...
The Aussie researchers found no evidence of CBD effectiveness for lower back pain. Source: Getty.
Back pain

Medicinal cannabis no more effective than placebo for treating back pain

Medicinal cannabis no more effective than placebo for treating back pain

When it comes to treating lower back pain, CBD is not the key, Aussie researchers say.
Yoga is recommended for chronic back pain. Source: Getty
Experts

Back pain? Here’s the therapies and medicines that work, and what doesn’t

Back pain? Here’s the therapies and medicines that work, and what doesn’t

A personal sufferer of intermittent back pain, Ross Walker shares the latest on managing and treating the issue.
Dawn shares her story of living with chronic pain. Source: Getty
Bloggers

‘To hell and back: My experience of living with chronic pain’

‘To hell and back: My experience of living with chronic pain’

I am 61 years old, and for about 52 years, I managed my ongoing pain in various ways and lived...
One Starts at 60 reader is experiencing severe back pain. Source: Getty.
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‘I’ve been experiencing severe back pain, what can I do?’

‘I’ve been experiencing severe back pain, what can I do?’

"I find that stopping what I'm doing and resting is what I have to do to get relief."