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Are you having back pain with any of the following?
- Severe pain, weakness or tingling in your leg(s).
- Difficulty stopping urination or loss of control of bladder or bowels.
- Unexplained fever, nausea or vomiting.
- A history of cancer or unexplained weight loss.
We understand that you are experiencing one or more of the health issues that might be impacting your back pain.
We recommend that you discuss these health issues with your doctor before proceeding with this program.
Once you are cleared by your doctor to do this program, we hope it helps you find relief from your back pain.
Asthma
Asthma is a lung disease that affects your breathing. The airways that carry air in and out of your lungs become inflamed and constricted. Wheezing, cough, chest tightness and difficulty breathing are common symptoms.
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Asthma
Asthma is a lung disease that affects your breathing. Asthma symptoms can be controlled. Management includes avoiding asthma triggers, monitoring your symptoms, and taking medications.
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Asthma Medications
There are 3 main types of asthma medications: long-term control medications to reduce inflammation, quick relief medications to rapidly improve breathing, and "burst" medications to manage a moderate to severe asthma flare-up. To control your asthma, you might need to use all 3 of these medications.
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Avoiding Asthma Triggers
Knowing and avoiding your asthma triggers can help you have fewer asthma symptoms, which may allow you to take less asthma medicine to stay in good control.
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Action Plan to Control your Asthma
A written asthma action plan will help you manage your asthma and keep it under control. It will also help you watch for danger signs and guide your decisions if your asthma gets worse.
Read more »How to use your Asthma Inhalers
There are 3 devices for taking inhaled medicines: metered dose inhalers (MDIs), commonly used with a spacer; dry powder inhalers (DPIs), used without a spacer; and nebulizers, machines that deliver your asthma medication as a fine mist.
Read more »How to use your Peak Flow Meter
Your peak flow meter is a useful tool to help monitor your asthma. It can be an early warning system to let you know that your asthma is getting worse. If you take action quickly, you may be able to avoid an asthma flare-up.
Read more »Keeping your Asthma Diary
Keeping an asthma diary is a good way to monitor your symptoms and identify your triggers. It can help you figure out what to do to prevent your asthma from getting worse.
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