How to Deal With Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica!
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I'm making this lens about neck pain, back pain, and sciatica because I know, first hand, what pain is and how to deal with it. I've had 15 major surgeries in my life, 14 on my back, I know what you are going through. Additionally, my studies took me from the rain forests of Central America to some of the greatest universities and museums in the country as I pursued a doctorate in physical anthropology, with a specialization on the spine and sacroiliac joints. So, not only do I know the back from the perspective of a neck pain, back pain, and sciatica sufferer but I am also a scientist who understands the morphology (structure) and physiology (function) of the spine. It is my hope that my combined perspectives may help others to deal effectively with their own bad back problems!
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Back pain and sciatica are treatable! Back pain and sciatica sufferers are not doomed to the surgeon's blade. A bad back can be dealt with effectively, without surgical intervention, if proper bad back strategies are implemented early and followed consistently.
Have you ever gotten out of bed and felt that nagging feeling in your back, a kind of stiffness that doesn't seem to want to go away with normal movement? Have you ever started to bend over and felt that twinge in the lower back, perhaps radiating down the leg? Have you ever bent over to pick up a child, a pet, even a package and felt a blast of pain? Has your back pain and sciatica ever gotten so bad you had to stop what you were doing and rest?
If you have answered yes to any of the questions above, you are in good company. Unfortunately, back pain and sciatica are a pain complex suffered my literally millions of Americans every year. In fact, almost half a million people are operated on every year for what most people refer to as a bad back. Severe and chronic pain may be caused by many things but is often the result of the stress, strain, and trauma we impose on our muscles, connective tissue (tendons and ligaments), discs, and even the vertebrae themselves. While it is true that many back injuries are the result of significant trauma and disease, the majority of back pain and sciatica results from normal, day-to-day activities. The activities resulting in back strain and injury may be as mundane as working around the garden, sweeping the driveway or raking leaves, shoveling snow (always a good one), lifting laundry or grocery bags, household chores, and picking up children or grandchildren.
Often, simple adjustments to movement and behavior, properly and consistently implemented, go a long way towards preventing or at least minimizing back strain and its consequences. A few bad back strategies in particular are quite effective in minimizing the consequences of back stress and strain: first and foremost, be aware of body position while engaged in activities that may impact the back, particularly the lower back; next, maintain good posture through exercise, conscious thought, and eventually, habit; third, make sure to stretch often, usually as part of a total exercise program; along with the third bad back strategy, integrate a consistent, individualized, and professionally supervised exercise program into your life; next, make sure to always know your limits; and, always listen to that still, small voice in your head, if it says you're pushing it, you probably are; finally, lose weight. Significantly, added weight may have more of a negative impact on back health that any single factor. If you are carrying extra weight, you are placing incredible stress and strain on you back. The combination or all of these strategies, tied to an intelligent weight loss and exercise program, will do wonders, often alleviating, then eliminating, back pain and sciatica
Ultimately, a medical consultation may be the wisest strategy, particularly if your back pain and sciatica continue for more than a few days. Do not wait for it to worsen! If you have engaged in an exercise program and are losing weight, you should begin to experience relief quickly. You will be amazed at how soon after beginning an intelligent, focused, and individualized exercise program you start feeling real relief. If you do not, see your physician and he or she will recommend a good orthopedic surgeon or neurologist. Don't wait until you are disabled to get help, it is not necessary and the damage may be irreversible without surgery.
Bad back strategies are easy to implement and, from personal experience, are easily made habits, allowing you to significantly minimize, and ultimate eliminate, your pain. After years of pain and surgeries, weight loss and exercise, along with the other strategies mentioned above, allowed me to re-enter life as a participant and not just as a spectator, miserable, depressed, and disabled. It is not easy and it takes conscious effort but it is doable and the results are amazing! So remember, posture, positioning, lifting, exercise, and weight loss. If you follow these five bad back strategies you will alleviate, and eventually eliminate your back pain and sciatica.
For further information and intelligent programs of treatment and exercise, programs that works for neck pain, back pain, and sciatica, guaranteed, go to:
http://www.HowToStopSciatica.com
http://www.HowToStopSciatica.info
http://www.TheBackPainGuy.info
For additional information and links to excellent sources for bad back strategies, to include ice-compression braces, orthotics for cushioning when you can't wear running shoes, and the ultimate shoe for bad back and sciatica sufferers, New Balance running shoes (super heel cushioning):
http://www.ultimatebadbackstrategies.com
John P. J. Zajaros, Sr., The Bad Back Guy
216-712-6526
Skype: johnzajaros1
johnz@thebadbackguy.com
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Have you ever gotten out of bed and felt that nagging feeling in your back, a kind of stiffness that doesn't seem to want to go away with normal movement? Have you ever started to bend over and felt that twinge in the lower back, perhaps radiating down the leg? Have you ever bent over to pick up a child, a pet, even a package and felt a blast of pain? Has your back pain and sciatica ever gotten so bad you had to stop what you were doing and rest?
If you have answered yes to any of the questions above, you are in good company. Unfortunately, back pain and sciatica are a pain complex suffered my literally millions of Americans every year. In fact, almost half a million people are operated on every year for what most people refer to as a bad back. Severe and chronic pain may be caused by many things but is often the result of the stress, strain, and trauma we impose on our muscles, connective tissue (tendons and ligaments), discs, and even the vertebrae themselves. While it is true that many back injuries are the result of significant trauma and disease, the majority of back pain and sciatica results from normal, day-to-day activities. The activities resulting in back strain and injury may be as mundane as working around the garden, sweeping the driveway or raking leaves, shoveling snow (always a good one), lifting laundry or grocery bags, household chores, and picking up children or grandchildren.
Often, simple adjustments to movement and behavior, properly and consistently implemented, go a long way towards preventing or at least minimizing back strain and its consequences. A few bad back strategies in particular are quite effective in minimizing the consequences of back stress and strain: first and foremost, be aware of body position while engaged in activities that may impact the back, particularly the lower back; next, maintain good posture through exercise, conscious thought, and eventually, habit; third, make sure to stretch often, usually as part of a total exercise program; along with the third bad back strategy, integrate a consistent, individualized, and professionally supervised exercise program into your life; next, make sure to always know your limits; and, always listen to that still, small voice in your head, if it says you're pushing it, you probably are; finally, lose weight. Significantly, added weight may have more of a negative impact on back health that any single factor. If you are carrying extra weight, you are placing incredible stress and strain on you back. The combination or all of these strategies, tied to an intelligent weight loss and exercise program, will do wonders, often alleviating, then eliminating, back pain and sciatica
Ultimately, a medical consultation may be the wisest strategy, particularly if your back pain and sciatica continue for more than a few days. Do not wait for it to worsen! If you have engaged in an exercise program and are losing weight, you should begin to experience relief quickly. You will be amazed at how soon after beginning an intelligent, focused, and individualized exercise program you start feeling real relief. If you do not, see your physician and he or she will recommend a good orthopedic surgeon or neurologist. Don't wait until you are disabled to get help, it is not necessary and the damage may be irreversible without surgery.
Bad back strategies are easy to implement and, from personal experience, are easily made habits, allowing you to significantly minimize, and ultimate eliminate, your pain. After years of pain and surgeries, weight loss and exercise, along with the other strategies mentioned above, allowed me to re-enter life as a participant and not just as a spectator, miserable, depressed, and disabled. It is not easy and it takes conscious effort but it is doable and the results are amazing! So remember, posture, positioning, lifting, exercise, and weight loss. If you follow these five bad back strategies you will alleviate, and eventually eliminate your back pain and sciatica.
For further information and intelligent programs of treatment and exercise, programs that works for neck pain, back pain, and sciatica, guaranteed, go to:
http://www.HowToStopSciatica.com
http://www.HowToStopSciatica.info
http://www.TheBackPainGuy.info
For additional information and links to excellent sources for bad back strategies, to include ice-compression braces, orthotics for cushioning when you can't wear running shoes, and the ultimate shoe for bad back and sciatica sufferers, New Balance running shoes (super heel cushioning):
http://www.ultimatebadbackstrategies.com
John P. J. Zajaros, Sr., The Bad Back Guy
216-712-6526
Skype: johnzajaros1
johnz@thebadbackguy.com
Additional Articles on back pain, weight loss and even soccer (yup!):
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Professor John P. J. Zajaros, Sr., The Bad Back Guy
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There is always new research being done, cutting edge stuff that every back pain sufferer should know! If you know of other new articles, releases, or blogs that may be helpful, just contact me and I will see what I can do about adding the information for all to share!
When I think back to my first surgery, in 1971, and how far we have come in our understanding of what works and what doesn't when it comes to neck pain, back pain, and sciatica, I am amazed. I can remember talking o my orthopedic surgeon, several years ago now, and he was saying that 100 years from now scientists and physicians will look back on what is being done today and utter a single word:
"Barbarians!"
While that may be true, the results of recent research have shown that surgery is not always the answer. In fact, in most cases, surgery is the exact opposite of the treatment strategy necessary to ensure recovery and the return to a happy and healthy lifestyle.
So, I hope as you scan the latest news, you will not only remember how far we have come but how far we may still have to go!
Prof Z
When I think back to my first surgery, in 1971, and how far we have come in our understanding of what works and what doesn't when it comes to neck pain, back pain, and sciatica, I am amazed. I can remember talking o my orthopedic surgeon, several years ago now, and he was saying that 100 years from now scientists and physicians will look back on what is being done today and utter a single word:
"Barbarians!"
While that may be true, the results of recent research have shown that surgery is not always the answer. In fact, in most cases, surgery is the exact opposite of the treatment strategy necessary to ensure recovery and the return to a happy and healthy lifestyle.
So, I hope as you scan the latest news, you will not only remember how far we have come but how far we may still have to go!
Prof Z
- Batavia Chiropractor Provides Holistic Treatment for Back Pain in Early Pregnancy
- According to Dr. Sharratt, more women are turning to chiropractors for assistance in pregnancy preparation and relieving back pain in early pregnancy, as well as other common pregnancy related health difficulties such as headaches and sciatica.
- Poor evidence to guide treatment for sciatica
- By Tom Moberly, 16 February 2012 Poor evidence exists to guide treatment for pain in sciatica, so GPs should follow guidelines for neuropathic pain or low-back pain, researchers in Australia have concluded. Treatment for sciatica should be the same as ...
- Save Tens of Thousands of Dollars with New Cost-Effective Lower Back Pain ...
- Dr. Allen's device for the spine and sciatica, costing less than $130, can save a substantial amount of money to its users, states Fine Treatment. The new Thermobalancing Therapy for lower back pain and sciatica relief is a cost-effective option that ...
- Wichita and Goddard Chiropractor Helps Manage Pain With Spinal Decompression ...
- According to Dr. Holdren, this non-invasive treatment helps patients suffering from sciatica, back pain and neck pain. "I see patients every day who have been told by other doctors that there is simply nothing that can be done to relieve the patient's ...
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How to Stop Sciatica
Understanding the Age_Progressive Phenomena and Processes Affectiing the Spine
The process of aging may have multiple impacts and/or effects on the spine, with myriad symptoms expressed. Some symptoms of a more severe, underlying condition may include neck pain, back pain, and sciatica nerve pain, also known as sciatica. Some consequences of aging that lead to pain are degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, and herniated discs. In addition to these conditions or pathologies, an individual may develop osteophytosis, bony spurs or bridges from one vertebral body to the next, osteoarthritis, sacroiliac joint dysfunction, and a myriad of other, often related pathologies.
Sciatica is often a consequence of one or more of the above mentioned conditions. The medical term for sciatic nerve pain, also known as sciatica, is radiculopathy. Radiculopathy is a term that means, in layman's English, that the disc in between the vertebral bodies is out of position and is irritating the nerve root, the radicular nerve. Sciatica may be experienced at any point along the nerve route. Specifically, sciatica is a symptom or set of symptoms. Sciatic nerve pain is not the ultimate diagnosis but rather an expression of the pain itself. In its simplest expression, sciatica is pain that generally radiates across the buttocks and down one or both legs. The reason sciatica is referred to as a set of symptoms instead of as a diagnosis is because it does not explain the underlying cause of the pain. In fact, there may be many causes and or many factors that are contributing to what we commonly referred to as sciatica.
Sciatica may range from a slight discomfort in the buttocks or behind the knee to a severe, debilitating, and even disabling and/or crippling level of pain. In most cases, sciatic nerve pain will affect or impact only one side of the body, pain may be limited to a single region or it may express itself all the way down the leg and even into the toes. The actual sciatic nerve pain or sciatica may range from mild discomfort and tingling to a burning sensation that worsens upon sitting. Weakness, loss of feeling, and even loss of function may be a consequence of sciatica. Because the condition is a symptom and not the ultimate diagnosis, if it should last more than 48 to 72 hours, a medical practitioner should be consulted.
Degenerative disc disease is but one cause of sciatic nerve pain or sciatica. However, it is one of the most common, if not the most common, of the many causes of not only sciatica but also back pain and neck pain. Degenerative disc disease is one of the most misunderstood of all spinal pathologies. Because it is termed "degenerative" people often assume that there is a progression, ultimately worsening with age. In fact, the opposite seems to be true, the degeneration of the intervertebral discs (IVDs) is a natural consequence of aging. Pain associated with degenerative disc disease, like sciatica itself, ranges in its expression from mild to severe. Degenerative disc disease is, in fact, completely mislabeled, for it is neither degenerative in the sense that it is a relentless, ongoing pathology, nor is it a disease in the sense that it is an illness. It is not! Finally, if diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, you are not doomed to a progression ultimately leading to disability but, rather, it is within your power to deal effectively with the symptoms of low back pain and sciatica.
Spinal stenosis or simply stenosis generally refers to a narrowing of the nerve canal through which a nerve or bundle of nerves pass through. So, if you picture a small hole, one that over time becomes narrower and narrower, eventually becoming so restrictive that the nerve becomes pinched and pain ensues, you have a basic idea, a picture, of what stenosis is. There are many causes for stenosis, some having to do with bone deposition due to stress, others with inflammation, still others with a complex of factors. Ultimately, they all lead to the same set of symptoms, neck pain, back pain, and/or sciatica. Stenosis may be the most difficult condition, pathology, to deal with and may ultimately require surgery to reopen the passage so the nerve can pass through unrestricted. However, there are alternative treatments strategies available for those unwilling or unable to undergo surgery.
Herniated discs often cause severe, even debilitating neck pain, back pain, and sciatica. The condition is most common in white males 35 to 40 years old, and older. The IVDs most affected are those of the secondary curvatures of the spine, the cervical (neck) and lumbar (low back) areas or curvatures. However, other sectors of the population and the other curvatures of the spine can be and are affected as well. Picture a jelly doughnut, that's right, a jelly doughnut! The intervertebral disk or IVD is very much like a jelly doughnut. The IVD is made up of circular rings of cartilage surrounding a fluid center. When a disc herniates or ruptures, the fluid center bulges out from the center placing pressure on the nerve root. The pressure on the nerve root causes neck pain, back pain, and/or sciatica, varying from mild to debilitating. Once again, as with spinal stenosis, the prognosis depends on the severity of the herniation or rupture, and degree of damage or possibility of damage to the surrounding area. A herniated disc, putting pressure on the nerve root, depending on the level affected, may express itself in myriad ways. In all cases in which pain presents itself for more than 48 to 72 hours, a medical practitioner should be consulted.
Age-progressive phenomena such as osteoarthritis, osteophytosis, and others will be discussed more completely in a subsequent article. However, many age-progressive phenomena are a consequence of a complex of issues related to aging, combined with muscle atrophy, due to a sedentary lifestyle, and our body's attempt to strengthen the primary and secondary curvatures of the spine. Because we stand erect, our secondary curvatures, those of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spine come under tremendous stress and pressure, particularly as we age and muscles weaken. The complex of weakening muscles, aging, and other factors leads to an adaptive response by the body, particularly by the spine, to strengthen an area under stress. Osteophyte bridges, also known as bone spurs or bony bridges, occur as an adaptive response to the weakening of muscles responsible for supporting the curvatures of the spine, particularly the secondary curvatures. Ultimately, this condition is avoidable, through a program of exercise and stretching to maintain those muscles, avoiding excess stress and pressure in the IVD and the vertebrae themselves.
Degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, herniated discs, and even osteophytosis may be effectively dealt with by adding an individualized and intelligently maintained exercise and stretching program to your daily routine. Because there are so many factors involved in any pain complex, particularly when expressed as neck pain, back pain, and/or sciatica, when unsure we should always defer to our medical practitioner. A pain reduction strategy that includes exercise, stretching, ice-compression braces, the proper shoes, orthotics for those times when soft-soled shoes are inappropriate and even anti-inflammatory medication may be more than adequate for most expressions of neck pain, back pain, and sciatica symptoms and/or expressions. Once again, should pain continue for more than 48 to 72 hours, individuals suffering from severe back pain and sciatica should see their medical practitioner.
For further information and an intelligent program of exercise, one that works for back pain and sciatica, guaranteed, go to:
http://www.HowToStopSciatica.com
http://www.HowToStopSciatica.info
http://www.TheBackPainGuy.info
For additional information and links to several excellent back treatment programs; ice-compression braces for inflammation and swelling; New Balance running shoes, the best for heel cushioning when pain is at its worst; other heel and foot cushioning devices; orthotics for days when running shoes won't get it and you need cushioning and support; and, and awesome array of other products for neck pain, back pain, and sciatic nerve pain sufferers:
http://www.UltimateBadBackStrategies.com
Professor John P. J. Zajaros, Sr., The Bad Back Guy
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=John_Zajaros
Sciatica is often a consequence of one or more of the above mentioned conditions. The medical term for sciatic nerve pain, also known as sciatica, is radiculopathy. Radiculopathy is a term that means, in layman's English, that the disc in between the vertebral bodies is out of position and is irritating the nerve root, the radicular nerve. Sciatica may be experienced at any point along the nerve route. Specifically, sciatica is a symptom or set of symptoms. Sciatic nerve pain is not the ultimate diagnosis but rather an expression of the pain itself. In its simplest expression, sciatica is pain that generally radiates across the buttocks and down one or both legs. The reason sciatica is referred to as a set of symptoms instead of as a diagnosis is because it does not explain the underlying cause of the pain. In fact, there may be many causes and or many factors that are contributing to what we commonly referred to as sciatica.
Sciatica may range from a slight discomfort in the buttocks or behind the knee to a severe, debilitating, and even disabling and/or crippling level of pain. In most cases, sciatic nerve pain will affect or impact only one side of the body, pain may be limited to a single region or it may express itself all the way down the leg and even into the toes. The actual sciatic nerve pain or sciatica may range from mild discomfort and tingling to a burning sensation that worsens upon sitting. Weakness, loss of feeling, and even loss of function may be a consequence of sciatica. Because the condition is a symptom and not the ultimate diagnosis, if it should last more than 48 to 72 hours, a medical practitioner should be consulted.
Degenerative disc disease is but one cause of sciatic nerve pain or sciatica. However, it is one of the most common, if not the most common, of the many causes of not only sciatica but also back pain and neck pain. Degenerative disc disease is one of the most misunderstood of all spinal pathologies. Because it is termed "degenerative" people often assume that there is a progression, ultimately worsening with age. In fact, the opposite seems to be true, the degeneration of the intervertebral discs (IVDs) is a natural consequence of aging. Pain associated with degenerative disc disease, like sciatica itself, ranges in its expression from mild to severe. Degenerative disc disease is, in fact, completely mislabeled, for it is neither degenerative in the sense that it is a relentless, ongoing pathology, nor is it a disease in the sense that it is an illness. It is not! Finally, if diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, you are not doomed to a progression ultimately leading to disability but, rather, it is within your power to deal effectively with the symptoms of low back pain and sciatica.
Spinal stenosis or simply stenosis generally refers to a narrowing of the nerve canal through which a nerve or bundle of nerves pass through. So, if you picture a small hole, one that over time becomes narrower and narrower, eventually becoming so restrictive that the nerve becomes pinched and pain ensues, you have a basic idea, a picture, of what stenosis is. There are many causes for stenosis, some having to do with bone deposition due to stress, others with inflammation, still others with a complex of factors. Ultimately, they all lead to the same set of symptoms, neck pain, back pain, and/or sciatica. Stenosis may be the most difficult condition, pathology, to deal with and may ultimately require surgery to reopen the passage so the nerve can pass through unrestricted. However, there are alternative treatments strategies available for those unwilling or unable to undergo surgery.
Herniated discs often cause severe, even debilitating neck pain, back pain, and sciatica. The condition is most common in white males 35 to 40 years old, and older. The IVDs most affected are those of the secondary curvatures of the spine, the cervical (neck) and lumbar (low back) areas or curvatures. However, other sectors of the population and the other curvatures of the spine can be and are affected as well. Picture a jelly doughnut, that's right, a jelly doughnut! The intervertebral disk or IVD is very much like a jelly doughnut. The IVD is made up of circular rings of cartilage surrounding a fluid center. When a disc herniates or ruptures, the fluid center bulges out from the center placing pressure on the nerve root. The pressure on the nerve root causes neck pain, back pain, and/or sciatica, varying from mild to debilitating. Once again, as with spinal stenosis, the prognosis depends on the severity of the herniation or rupture, and degree of damage or possibility of damage to the surrounding area. A herniated disc, putting pressure on the nerve root, depending on the level affected, may express itself in myriad ways. In all cases in which pain presents itself for more than 48 to 72 hours, a medical practitioner should be consulted.
Age-progressive phenomena such as osteoarthritis, osteophytosis, and others will be discussed more completely in a subsequent article. However, many age-progressive phenomena are a consequence of a complex of issues related to aging, combined with muscle atrophy, due to a sedentary lifestyle, and our body's attempt to strengthen the primary and secondary curvatures of the spine. Because we stand erect, our secondary curvatures, those of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spine come under tremendous stress and pressure, particularly as we age and muscles weaken. The complex of weakening muscles, aging, and other factors leads to an adaptive response by the body, particularly by the spine, to strengthen an area under stress. Osteophyte bridges, also known as bone spurs or bony bridges, occur as an adaptive response to the weakening of muscles responsible for supporting the curvatures of the spine, particularly the secondary curvatures. Ultimately, this condition is avoidable, through a program of exercise and stretching to maintain those muscles, avoiding excess stress and pressure in the IVD and the vertebrae themselves.
Degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, herniated discs, and even osteophytosis may be effectively dealt with by adding an individualized and intelligently maintained exercise and stretching program to your daily routine. Because there are so many factors involved in any pain complex, particularly when expressed as neck pain, back pain, and/or sciatica, when unsure we should always defer to our medical practitioner. A pain reduction strategy that includes exercise, stretching, ice-compression braces, the proper shoes, orthotics for those times when soft-soled shoes are inappropriate and even anti-inflammatory medication may be more than adequate for most expressions of neck pain, back pain, and sciatica symptoms and/or expressions. Once again, should pain continue for more than 48 to 72 hours, individuals suffering from severe back pain and sciatica should see their medical practitioner.
For further information and an intelligent program of exercise, one that works for back pain and sciatica, guaranteed, go to:
http://www.HowToStopSciatica.com
http://www.HowToStopSciatica.info
http://www.TheBackPainGuy.info
For additional information and links to several excellent back treatment programs; ice-compression braces for inflammation and swelling; New Balance running shoes, the best for heel cushioning when pain is at its worst; other heel and foot cushioning devices; orthotics for days when running shoes won't get it and you need cushioning and support; and, and awesome array of other products for neck pain, back pain, and sciatic nerve pain sufferers:
http://www.UltimateBadBackStrategies.com
Professor John P. J. Zajaros, Sr., The Bad Back Guy
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About Me
I could write a book! Hey! Maybe an ebook?! I grew up in Michigan until 12 and then here in Cleveland (Ohio) until 17, when I enlisted in the US Army. I had finished high school a year early and needed a little bit more than I got in scholarships to attend college. Unfortunately, 1972 wasn't a real good time to enlist and after a short stint as a medic and a longer one as a patient in various Army hospitals, I came home. To make a short story long...or a long story short, I can never keep them straight. I had a wonderful son, born on my birthday back in 1976, a bi-centennial baby(!). I married too young (18) and divorced after 10 years. Then, I remarried my best friend the same day my divorce was final...in Vegas! Yeah! Where else? No, nothing like that, my ex and I were separated for 4 years and it just took too long, I met my wife when she joined a health club I owned...so she could meet me! She invited me into the whirlpool, and the rest is history. That was 25 years, four children, and two grandchildren, a few dogs and cats, and even a dozen or so hamsters ago!
I have had 15 surgeries, 14 on my spine and one to completely rebuild my shoulder, since leaving Uncle Sam. I've had ulcers, congestive heart failure, and I'm an insulin dependent diabetic.I have had a couple of very successful businesses I started and built from the ground up. I have sold, sweat, and worked my butt off...and I've learned plenty along the way. I know how to advertise, prospect, market, and close the deal on one call! I have worked for commission almost my entire life, except for a period in academia when I was paid the meager wages of a college professor. I gotta tell you folks, I made a whole lot more selling than I ever did teaching. Although my online tutoring business isn't doing half bad! I went back to school at 35, graduated summa cum laude, won a doctoral fellowship, 6 in the country, and studied for my Ph.D. in physical anthropology. I have studied, researched, gotten drunk, and been on a first-name basis with some of the greatest minds in America. No kidding! Drunk you say?What are a few less brain cells when you are dealing with monster IQs? I have explored the rainforests of Central America, studied howler monkeys in Belize, and participated in National Geographic funded expeditions. I've studied skeletons in Washington, New York, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Buffalo, South Carolina (Morris Island), and you name another place. I know most of the forensic anthropologists on TV. In fact, I was one of them. I've delivered papers to national conferences and conventions and I have submitted research to National Science Foundation sponsored seminars and think-tanks. I even had an office, and my own set of keys, to the American Museum of Natural History, in Manhattan. That was kinda neat!
I love Stephen King books, always better than the movies, and almost any movie, unless it is mindless trash...and then I love it! HA! Amazon Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death and Killer Tomatoes from Outer Space are two particularly good, bad ones. The former, I am told, was written by an anthropologist, so it can't be all bad! My favorites are Rocky (Yo! Adrian!), Soylent Green (I bawled when Sol "went home"), Rollerball (the 1976, James Caan version), Groundhog Day (what a message!), and Razor's Edge (w/Bill Murray not Tyrone Power). I am certain there are some others, and there are dozens of also-rans. The books? Too many to mention but SK stands at the top for escapist fiction at its best, particularly his early stuff. Jeffrey Deaver, John Saul (early on), Dean Koontz (also earlier works), John Steinbeck (a master), and Tolstoy. And for non-fiction there is Bob Woodward. The man made me look at government from a whole new perspective, twice. His expose of the Bush/Iraq/Rumsfeld fiasco is absolutely mind-boggling! And they ran our country! A must read for anyone with a pulse that cares where this country has been for the last 8 years. Oh yeah , and want to wake up and smell the egg-nog.
Remember when I said I could write a book? And I'm not talking an eBook, either!
Honestly? I wouldn't know where to start. I guess I did? So, I'll keep everyone in suspense with the rest. Not that I am all that...or all that important. I'm not. I have had a long and sometimes difficult life. I am certain that the things I have experienced are not all that unique. If you really want to know my biography, in its entirety, this isn't the place. Besides, I have this thing about laying myself bare in front of millions!
BTW, I usually hate these BTW, OMG, LOL messages but...BTW...has been around a lot longer than the Internet. So, BTW, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL!
Jack
I could write a book! Hey! Maybe an ebook?! I grew up in Michigan until 12 and then here in Cleveland (Ohio) until 17, when I enlisted in the US Army. I had finished high school a year early and needed a little bit more than I got in scholarships to attend college. Unfortunately, 1972 wasn't a real good time to enlist and after a short stint as a medic and a longer one as a patient in various Army hospitals, I came home. To make a short story long...or a long story short, I can never keep them straight. I had a wonderful son, born on my birthday back in 1976, a bi-centennial baby(!). I married too young (18) and divorced after 10 years. Then, I remarried my best friend the same day my divorce was final...in Vegas! Yeah! Where else? No, nothing like that, my ex and I were separated for 4 years and it just took too long, I met my wife when she joined a health club I owned...so she could meet me! She invited me into the whirlpool, and the rest is history. That was 25 years, four children, and two grandchildren, a few dogs and cats, and even a dozen or so hamsters ago!
I have had 15 surgeries, 14 on my spine and one to completely rebuild my shoulder, since leaving Uncle Sam. I've had ulcers, congestive heart failure, and I'm an insulin dependent diabetic.I have had a couple of very successful businesses I started and built from the ground up. I have sold, sweat, and worked my butt off...and I've learned plenty along the way. I know how to advertise, prospect, market, and close the deal on one call! I have worked for commission almost my entire life, except for a period in academia when I was paid the meager wages of a college professor. I gotta tell you folks, I made a whole lot more selling than I ever did teaching. Although my online tutoring business isn't doing half bad! I went back to school at 35, graduated summa cum laude, won a doctoral fellowship, 6 in the country, and studied for my Ph.D. in physical anthropology. I have studied, researched, gotten drunk, and been on a first-name basis with some of the greatest minds in America. No kidding! Drunk you say?What are a few less brain cells when you are dealing with monster IQs? I have explored the rainforests of Central America, studied howler monkeys in Belize, and participated in National Geographic funded expeditions. I've studied skeletons in Washington, New York, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Buffalo, South Carolina (Morris Island), and you name another place. I know most of the forensic anthropologists on TV. In fact, I was one of them. I've delivered papers to national conferences and conventions and I have submitted research to National Science Foundation sponsored seminars and think-tanks. I even had an office, and my own set of keys, to the American Museum of Natural History, in Manhattan. That was kinda neat!
I love Stephen King books, always better than the movies, and almost any movie, unless it is mindless trash...and then I love it! HA! Amazon Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death and Killer Tomatoes from Outer Space are two particularly good, bad ones. The former, I am told, was written by an anthropologist, so it can't be all bad! My favorites are Rocky (Yo! Adrian!), Soylent Green (I bawled when Sol "went home"), Rollerball (the 1976, James Caan version), Groundhog Day (what a message!), and Razor's Edge (w/Bill Murray not Tyrone Power). I am certain there are some others, and there are dozens of also-rans. The books? Too many to mention but SK stands at the top for escapist fiction at its best, particularly his early stuff. Jeffrey Deaver, John Saul (early on), Dean Koontz (also earlier works), John Steinbeck (a master), and Tolstoy. And for non-fiction there is Bob Woodward. The man made me look at government from a whole new perspective, twice. His expose of the Bush/Iraq/Rumsfeld fiasco is absolutely mind-boggling! And they ran our country! A must read for anyone with a pulse that cares where this country has been for the last 8 years. Oh yeah , and want to wake up and smell the egg-nog.
Remember when I said I could write a book? And I'm not talking an eBook, either!
Honestly? I wouldn't know where to start. I guess I did? So, I'll keep everyone in suspense with the rest. Not that I am all that...or all that important. I'm not. I have had a long and sometimes difficult life. I am certain that the things I have experienced are not all that unique. If you really want to know my biography, in its entirety, this isn't the place. Besides, I have this thing about laying myself bare in front of millions!
BTW, I usually hate these BTW, OMG, LOL messages but...BTW...has been around a lot longer than the Internet. So, BTW, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL!
Jack
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Muscle Weakness and Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica
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Muscle Weakness and the 5 Back Pain Factors
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http://TheBadBackGuy.net Of the 5 factors contributing to neck pain, back pain, and sciatica, muscle weakness may have the most profound effect on the musculoskeletal system and overall spine health.
The 3rd Factor and Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica Relief
The 3rd Factor and Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica Relief
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Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica Relief Through Stretching!
Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica Relief Through Stretching!
http://TheBadBackGuy.net Stretching is a crucial part of any neck pain, back pain, and sciatica relief and treatment exercise program. Begin your routine slowly and you will be amazed at the results!
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Low-Impact Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica Exercise
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someone just starting out with any sort of neck pain, back pain and sciatica relief exercise program.
someone just starting out with any sort of neck pain, back pain and sciatica relief exercise program.
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The Recumbent Bike and Back Pain Relief: Cats and Dogs!
http://TheBadBackGuy.net The recumbent bike is great for maintaining momentum and enthusiasm as you progress through your neck pain, back pain, and sciatica relief exercise program! Great in rain too!
The 30 Day Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica Relief Wrap Up!
The 30 Day Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica Relief Wrap Up!
http://TheBadBackGuy.net The Second 30 Day Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica Relief Challenge is wrapping up and we did so by discussing the five factors. Watch for a lot more over the next 40 days!
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Neck Pain, Back Pain and Sciatica Strategies: The New Year!
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Upping the Intensity: The Recumbent Bike and Back Pain Exercise!
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The Recumbent Bike, Time, Weather, ONO, and Back Pain
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The Recumbent Bike, Exercise and Sciatica Relief
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Giving Thanks and Thanksgiving: Here and Around the World!
http://JohnZajaros.com It has been my pleasure to share a bit of myself and my work with all of you! From my family to yours during this holiday season, I wish you good health and a pain free life!
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The Truth About Back Pain and Diagnosis Bias!
http://TheBadBackGuy.net Diagnosis bias and value attribution are real and complex issues affecting many people suffering from neck pain, back pain, and sciatica...and you may not even be aware of it!
The Recumbent Bike, Weight Loss, and Back Pain Relief!
The Recumbent Bike, Weight Loss, and Back Pain Relief!
http://TheBadBackGuy.net The recumbent bike is perfect for dealing with the first of the five factors contributing to neck pain, back pain, and sciatica; that being excess weight and/or obesity.
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How to Choose the Right Gym and Back Pain and Sciatica Program
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The Psychological Effect of Neck, Back, and Sciatic Nerve Pain
The Psychological Effect of Neck, Back, and Sciatic Nerve Pain
http://TheBadBackGuy.net The first of the five effects contributing to, resulting from, and exacerbating neck pain, back pain, and sciatica is the psychological effect. Psychic pain is very real pain.
How to Succeed at Inbound Marketing Consulting
How to Succeed at Inbound Marketing Consulting
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Freak Storm! Blizzard Strands 3 in Lakewood, Ohio
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The Financial Effects and Impact of Back and Sciatic Nerve Pain
The Financial Effects and Impact of Back and Sciatic Nerve Pain
http://TheBadBackGuy.net The financial effects and impact of chronic neck pain, back pain, and sciatica can be profound. Understanding that the financial effects also exacerbate back pain is crucial.
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Understanding Neck, Back and Sciatic Nerve - Spine-Related Pain
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A Christmas Wish: Pay it Forward Today!
A Christmas Wish: Pay it Forward Today!
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How to Stop Back Pain: The Motives of The Bad Back Guy
How to Stop Back Pain: The Motives of The Bad Back Guy
How to Stop Back Pain and The Bad Back Guy's Motives!
Rather than spend a lot of time rewriting the same thing I wrote on my main blog, I am just going to provide a link and you can read all about that attacks and how I figured out just what was happening...and why!
There are some people who are just mean, and that's a given, but for the rest of us, those suffering from neck pain, back pain, and/or sciatica, it is a lot more complex.
I hope you will take the time to watch the video and read the article at:
Ultimate Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica Relief Strategies
Thanks!
Contact me any time!
John
johnz@ultimatebadbackstrategies.com
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I attended Bay High School, Cleveland State University, and was a doctoral fellow at a consortium of universities in Manhattan. Married for more than... more »
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