Midwest Physical Medicine & Rehab Center

02/28/2020

05/04/2018

As part of a dramatic shift at the US Department of Veterans Affairs, a Vermont facility has sharply reduced the use of opioids to treat chronic pain in favor of once-unlikely alternatives such as yoga and tai chi.

02/16/2017

Back surgery isn't a magic bullet for relief. Studies show that up to 40% of patients continue to have back pain, despite having had surgery. Many of these patients are told that they will need another surgery, but the success rate for second surgeries is even lower.

01/23/2015

On a recent television show about healthy living on Russian national television, a doctor of medical science and psychiatry, Mark Sandomirsky, advised his patients to relieve stress using this easy technique. The source of stress often varies and people almost always experience it in different ways.…

09/22/2014

Straighten up that back soldier! No seriously, if you are like the majority of the population, chances are you are suffering from symptoms correlated with bad posture. Catching a glimpse of myself in the mirror, it’s easy to see that I have forward neck/head posture. This is normally caused by a var…

07/08/2014

Let's make great choices this week!

03/20/2014

Regular spinal adjustments will help you live a longer and healthier life.

02/18/2014

The Olympics bring out a lot of excitement and a sense of pride in people, not only for the athletes and spectators, but also for those who attend to them.

01/24/2014

We know sitting too much is bad, and most of us intuitively feel a little guilty after a long TV binge. But what exactly goes wrong in our bodies when we park ourselves for nearly eight hours per day, the average for a U.S. adult? Many things, say four experts, who detailed a chain of problems from…