This post is in honor of Saint Gemma, the patron saint of back pain. Her life was one of suffering with spinal pain. Her story is told here on this page. Some additional information can be found on this page.

Throw some prayers up to Gemma if you’re feeling some chronic back pain that just won’t seem to stop plaguing you. Every time you try to get back to exercising or just going for a nice walk in the woods you end up coming home and hurting more than before. If that’s how it is going for you, Saint Gemma knows your struggle. In fact, her struggle sucked way more than yours.

If those prayers don’t do the trick, that’s OK! Sometimes it’s not about just tossing some prayers up there and sitting around and waiting, sometimes you need to do some of the work yourself. That means trying to get more active without hurting yourself, and that means seeking out the help you need to feel better and move better.

That being said, we are here for you. Give us a call @ (301) 378-0334 or send us an email and we will get you on our schedule.

P.S. This entire post here was because one of our patients brought into our office a card they found in our parking lot just laying on the ground. That card is pictured below, and it’s similar to the image I found on Wikipedia (above).