Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

Waking up with a stiff, aching lower back can turn every morning into a painful struggle. The hours spent lying in bed should provide healing and restoration, but the wrong mattress transforms sleep ...

The deadlift stands as one of fitness’s most rewarding challenges – a fundamental movement that transforms your entire posterior chain while building functional strength. Yet this compound exercise ...

Lower back pain is one of the most common health concerns worldwide, often linked to today’s sedentary lifestyle, long hours of sitting, poor posture, and lack of regular movement. Over time, these ...

Americans aren't getting enough sleep and it's not a secret – most know it. In a 2022 Casper-Gallup poll, only 3 in 10 American adults said they get "excellent" or "very good" sleep each night; and a ...

At some point, 60% of the population has had or will have lower back pain, says Kin M. Yuen, M.D., a sleep medicine specialist at UCSF Health in San Francisco, California. That means at any one point, ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

If you're one of those who spend a chunk of their day on their desk at work, this one's for you. Whether it's spending much of the day at a desk, commuting through traffic, or even just curled up on a ...