If you work in the corporate world, chances are you have taken a time management or productivity class at least once in your life. Chances are also pretty high that you walked out of those classes feeling like you wasted your time. The grim reality is that a lot of so-called time management courses offer tips for saving time that actually take more effort to implement than they're worth.

We often associate chronic back pain and headaches with older people. Imagine, then, the desperation of Peter, a twelve-year-old, outgoing, sporty boy, who had been diagnosed with two bulging discs, fibromyalgia and chronic headaches.