Lower Left and Right Abdominal Pain – Causes and Treatment

17-08-2010

Tagged Under : Abdominal Pain, Pain

Any discomfort or pain that occurs in the abdomen below the naval or the umbilicus is referred as lower abdominal pain. Also referred as suprapubic pain, it is occurs due to various reasons and medical conditions.

Lower abdominal pain in women is more common due to the presence of urine bladder, womb or uterus, upper part of vagina, upper cervix and fallopian tubes.

Lower Abdominal Pain during Pregnancy

Though a lower abdominal pain during pregnancy is caused mostly due to the same causes as in normal women, there are certain conditions that are linked only to pregnancy.

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Fit Fact: Yoga Can Ease Back Pain

10-09-2009

Tagged Under : Back Pain, Pain

If I were to gather all the people in the world with back pain and ask them to give me a dollar, I would have enough money to buy that private jet I’ve been shopping for. The sad fact is, most of us could get rid of back pain if we stood up, took our computers and smashed them into little tiny pieces (haven’t you always wanted to do that?). Since that isn’t an option for most of us, there is another alternative: Yoga.

In a study published in the journal , researchers took 90 subjects with mild to moderate functional disability and put some through six months of yoga classes and the others through conventional medical therapy.

The conclusion?

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