Cure My Low Back Pain

posted by editor on Feb 28

Whether you want to reduce back stress or fatigue or stimulate your blood circulation, an inversion table makes a great household accessory. An inversion table contributes to your body’s overall health via lumbar traction, relieving pressure on your vertebral discs and nearby structures, stretching muscles in your torso and promoting circulation. Additionally, when your back starts to relax, the rest of your body follows. For frequent and relentless symptoms, even reduced pain is a relative cure for your or my low back pain.  A table can also help with flexibility for improved athletic performance, reducing the apparent aging effects of gravity, relieving pain related to prolonged sitting or standing. Spine inversion is better than manual adjustments and it pays for itself within a few sessions.

Quality products boast durable tubular steel frames that are light, yet strong. More importantly, inversion systems are a breeze to use. You rest your body against comfortable foam backboards, slipping your feet into the ergonomically molded ankle cushions, simply reaching your arms overhead to initiate your treatment. As your arms go up, your body gradually inverts, as far as 90 degrees as desired. All that is needed is you, your inversion table and gravity.

Quality tables have non-skid floor stabilizers, keeping the table stable, and extra-long safety handles to provide an easy return to upright. Tables weighing less than ninety pounds that can support frames up to 6 feet 6 inches, weights up to 350 pounds, with easily adjusted ratchet ankle locking systems are ideal for the consumer market. With chronic pain, even intermittent markedly reduced pain is a relative cure for your or my low back pain.  Spine inversion has been around for more than two thousand years.  Spine inversion is better than manual adjustments because it is effective and pays for itself within a few sessions.

posted by editor on Feb 5

You hurt your back at work and are not sure what to do. Most people self-care for minor injuries. For this injury you may do the same. However, if your symptoms are not localized or are incapacitating regarding your ability to work, what will you do?

You may report the symptoms and incident to your employer and file a workers’ compensation injury claim. Or, you may avoid filing a claim and see a clinician in your personal health care system. The merits to the alternatives are beyond the scope of this article.

However, if you file a claim, remember that your clinician’s diagnostic and treatment options are dictated by the workers’ compensation insurance regulatory systems in your State. As such, your clinician, whether selected by the insurance carrier, the employer or you, has the following obligations:

1. Offer an interim diagnosis.
2. Offer an opinion about the relatedness of your back pain to work activities.
3. Recommend a treatment plan.
4. Offer an opinion regarding your ability to continue to perform your usual and
customary work or other limited, gainful activity.

Given that the case is accepted by the insurer as compensable (meriting coverage by the insurer), future diagnosis and treatment options and timelines will be significantly dictated by the insurance system. You can get your low back pain managed successfully. However, be aware that a full spectrum of complementary and alternative back pain treatment options will not be covered by your workers’ compensation insurance.

posted by editor on Mar 30

The salt spray wafting in with the softly rolling waves.  Strolling across the bridge, over crystal teal waters, to tree-shaded bungalows, you search out enchanting sounds and aromas enticing forward. Enjoying cool beverages, cheering with your friends, exclaiming towards the big screen in the lounge, your favorite teams exchanging leads.  Later, soothing music playing in the background you espy your partner on the beach, relaxing peacefully under the tanning rays. Exhilarated, you are socially active again.  Shooting waves, casting lines, snorkeling through rainbows of sumptuous life. Lets read about the natural, alternative ways you found that regularly bring you back to life. Get to it.

There are numerous causes of paraspinal pain. We will address many of them over time although primarily addressing mechanical pain. Some topics will be equally applicable across all spinal segments, cervical through lumbar. Others will be segment specific, often lumbar. We are about alternatives, complementary treatment and self-care. We link to traditional medicine sites and encourage you to familiarize yourself with standard medical and surgical views. However, western medicine and surgery are usually focused upon injury and disease management. We focus upon  contemporary health, nutrition, fitness, injury prevention, self care and alternative perspectives.

This site does not intend for you to replace service via your primary or specialty medical/surgical clinician, particularly for those of you who can afford it and are satisfied with services delivered to date. Rather, we will supplement your knowledge, point you to complementary/self-care tools and offer alternative lifestyle and care perspectives including ideas that should  steer you into directions that you may not have previously considered.

Look at discussion of: prescription medications, homeopathic medications, naturopathic medications, herbs, cannabis/marijuana, acupuncture, acupressure, electroacupuncture, electrical stimulation (various forms), chiropractic, physical therapy, inversion, traction, massage, trigger point intervention, light therapy (infrared, laser), hypnosis, psychotherapy, mental distraction, thermal intervention (heat, ice), dietary adjustments (foods and anti-inflammatory effects), spiritualism, weight control, exercise/stretching, treatment of concurrent diseases that contribute to the pain, other behavioral adjustments (e.g., quit smoking tobacco), and cessation of activities that worsen symptoms.

We are about alternative perspectives and strategies. Moreover, where possible, we hope that you cure your back pain.