by Dr David Perna DC | Jun 18, 2018 | Back Pain
If you suffer from chronic back pain, the thought of long distance air travel can cause you to cringe pre-emptively. Sitting for long periods of time can exacerbate back pain. But you’ve bought your ticket. You’re ready to get away for a summer vacation in a far-off...
by Dr David Perna DC | Jun 17, 2018 | Back Pain
A lot of people won’t like hearing this, but exercise is your number BFF for combating painful back conditions. And, while it may sound counter-intuitive to tell you that exercising with lower back pain is the best thing you can do, you should work through the pain...
by Dr David Perna DC | Jun 16, 2018 | Back Pain
Lumbar degenerative disc disease can be painful. Usually the result of getting older – which happens to us all – it needn’t necessarily be treated with drugs. Exercise, in my opinion, is a better way to deal with the issue. While that may sound like a tedious...
by Dr David Perna DC | Jun 15, 2018 | Back Pain
A childhood scoliosis diagnosis is not the fear-inducing event it once was. The medical community has worked overtime to develop new ways of treating the condition in recent decades. Children with scoliosis these days enjoy overwhelmingly positive outcomes. Most...
by Dr David Perna DC | Jun 15, 2018 | Lifestyle
How Can You Improve on Sleep? To maintain good health, a full nights rest is necessary. This allows for your brain to function well to get all of your tasks done efficiently. On busy, stressful days, this can be difficult. Our brains get overloaded with things to be...