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Women: weak in the knees?
The odds of injuring your knee playing sports are higher if you're a woman.
Slouching a real back-breaker
Your mother was right after all. The effects of bad posture can be debilitating. We take a look at what it actually does to your body and what you can do about it.
A pain in the back
Back pain is all too common for many people. The good news is that most cases of low back pain can be healed within eight to 12 weeks by using simple self-care measures.
Drive your back to health
Driving is becoming a major cause for back complaints in South Africa as more people are forced to spend an increasing amount of time behind the wheel.
Your back speaks
You don’t usually give me much of an ear until I really start complaining very loudly, so I am going to make full use of this opportunity.
Causes of back problems
Your back is one of those things you take for granted. It must just do its job. Until one day you wake up and you can hardly move.
Back problems
Dr Arien van der Merwe, a medical doctor with extensive experience in natural medicine, offers some advice on solving back problems the non-conventional way.
Things to remember
Although every person's body and recovery period are unique, there are certain things everyone can expect after back surgery.
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