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Describe how lifting, posture, and body position can give rise to chronic pain syndromes; Define modifiable associated risk factors for back pain;  Identify specific mitigation and prevention strategies; Understand the role of provider education and how departments can help. The suggestion that the back is fragile or easily injured is not only false but provides a foundational belief that can negatively influence the pain experience.   Warnings about lifting mechanics and avoiding heavy loads...

Austin-Travis County moves to Stage 3 COVID-19 guidelines By FOX 7 Digital Team Published  FOX 7 Discussion: UT data initiative tracks Texas vaccine pace A new data tracker from the University of Texas shows how far along Texas is in reaching herd immunity. AUSTIN, Texas - In a press release Saturday, Austin-Travis County announced it is moving to Stage 3 of the Austin Public Health COVID-19 Risk-Based Guidelines for the first time since Nov. 18, 2020. APH says Stage 3 recommendations i...

Under Stage 3, businesses are asked to keep capacity between 50% and 75% voluntarily instead of 25% to 50%. A recommendation for healthy people under 65 to avoid nonessential travel has been lifted.

Speaking to reporters earlier this week, Interim Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott spelled out Austins start to the new year in no uncertain terms: "It appears we are going to enter 2021 in a state of emergency," said Escott at a Dec. 28 press conference. "In the next several weeks, we may run out of hospital beds, we may run out of ICU beds, and it could happen a lot sooner than that – as early as a week to two weeks from now." The dire warning is one of many from local health officials amid...

1) March 6: SXSW Canceled For the first time in 34 years, the multimedia South by Southwest Conference and Festivals were canceled, as Mayor Steve Adler and then-­Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt declared a local state of disaster in light of growing fears about a potential outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Drive-through COVID-19 testing at a CommUnityCare site on April 10 (Photo by Jana Birchum) 2) March 13: COVID-19 Hits Home Austin Public...