by Gary | Jun 23, 2026 | Back & Spine Pain
Most people who clench their jaw at night have no idea they are doing it. There is no moment of awareness, no sensation that registers during sleep. What they notice instead is the aftermath — a neck that is already stiff before the day begins, shoulders that carry... 
by Gary | Jun 18, 2026 | Back & Spine Pain
Stress causes back pain — but not only through muscle tension. The more clinically significant pathway runs through cortisol, the primary stress hormone produced by the adrenal glands in response to activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. In small,... 
by Gary | Jun 16, 2026 | Back & Spine Pain
Yes — and the mechanism is more specific than most people realise. Anxiety does not simply make pain feel worse through mood alone. It triggers a cascade of physiological responses that directly load the muscles of the neck, upper back, and lower back with sustained... 
by Gary | Jun 11, 2026 | Back & Spine Pain
Left arm pain, right shoulder ache, jaw tightness, sudden fatigue — these symptoms can all have musculoskeletal explanations. They can also be warning signs of a myocardial infarction. The overlap between cardiac referred pain and musculoskeletal pain is one of the... 
by Gary | Jun 9, 2026 | Back & Spine Pain
The liver is unique among the body’s major organs in one clinically important way: it has no pain receptors. The liver parenchyma — the functional tissue making up the bulk of the organ — contains no nociceptors and cannot generate a pain signal directly. Pain...