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At Home Back Exercises

At Home Back Exercises to Prevent Pain Back pain affects some 80% of people at one point in their lives. It’s one of the most common conditions that means people miss days off work. During this pandemic, we are seeing people far more static than ever before. We’re walking less, moving less and staying at […]

The Relationship Between the Neck and Tinnitus

Tinnitus. It’s that annoying ringing in the ear that affects some 10% of all Americans. For some, it can only be heard in quiet places, for others it’s there all the time and can be quite debilitating too. There are various types of sounds that people hear, a constant high pitched sound, whooshing sounds, sounds […]

Communication is Key to Pain Relief at Back and Body Medical Having the knowledge, education, know how and experience in treating patients for their pain is obviously vital for us to perform our duties here at Back and Body Medical in Manhattan. There is another component that is equally as important in helping a patient […]

Recently, we had a patient who had been complaining of pain down his left arm and some general weakness there. The problem had been occurring on and off over the past few months. He’d been receiving regular chiropractic adjustments, icing the area and taking ibuprofen if the condition flared up. After each adjustment, he said […]

Been a tricky year so far, hasn’t it? While there have been some great difficulties in life over the past several months, there has also been some amazing thinking and the way people and businesses has adapted to things has been incredible. It’s so easy to look at the negative and forget the good things […]

2020 is going to be a memorable one. We have all sacrificed a lot this year, some more than others, but humanity will come through this test as it has many others in the past. We have to be creative and find new ways of doing things. The holiday season is no different, and we’ve […]

Hi everyone, Dr Perna here. I just want to start off with a short story before getting into what I want to talk about. Last week, I went to get a haircut. I arrived at the barber shop with my mask on. The shop promised many of the COVID protocols that we are becoming used […]

Migraines affect some 20% of people in the United States. Many people suffer several migraines a week, while others may only experience them a few times a year. But when they do come, they can be very painful and problematic. There are ways of managing and treating them. Indeed, studies in chiropractic care have shown […]

Back pain is very common in the United States. From trauma induced injury to slow degeneration to simple wear and tear, there are many reasons why a person would have back pain. In many cases, as soon as someone has back pain, they often reach for a pain killer of some description, or apply ice […]

COVID has impacted our lives in various ways. The economy has taken a battering and many millions are still struggling for work. Socially, we are still impacted heavily and with the holiday fast approaching, with Halloween being the first of these, we felt it a good time to collate some top tips for being able […]