We’ve all heard it before: we need to stretch whenever we want to join in a game of football or when we go jogging. Ever since primary school, we have been taught that stretching before partaking in any strenuous physical activity is vital if we want to avoid serious injury. All the top athletes do it, but that still isn’t enough motivation for us to do it on a daily basis.

Natural aging and traumatic accidents are two of the most common reasons for damage to the spinal discs. The normal aging process can create weakness in the discs and a gradual breakdown. Traumatic accidents can also damage the spinal discs. In both instances the discs can become damaged to the point where the inner material can bulge out or even breakthrough the outer fibers, when this happens it is called a herniated disc.

Looking for a new mattress can be very confusing. The salesmen go over the details of all the mattresses, having you lay on them, bounce on them, and sit on the edge to demonstrate all the features. By the time, you try them all out; you have forgotten what the first one was like.