Lower Back Pain Relief
August 28th, 2012 Posted in Lower back relief
Stress has become an inevitable part of our lives, and almost everybody undergoes varying degrees of stress that manifests itself in different ways. Pain affecting the lower portion of the back near the waistline is one such manifestation that affects more than 90% of the population, and has affected the same proportion at least once in their lives. More than half the population has experienced many episodes in their lifetimes. Americans spend billions of dollars on lower back pain relief. It cannot be classified as a disease as there are no particular known causes that have been agreed upon by the medical fraternity. At best, it can be said that it is a symptom that becomes manifested due to underlying processes. Although many forms of treatment are available, Read more…
Lower Back Pain High In Nurses
August 3rd, 2012 Posted in Lower back relief
Out of the many occupations involving work related injury, nursing comes in top. A nurse has to deliver their duties over a 12-hour shift at least three times a week. While taking care of patients, a nurse is generally oblivious about their own health, especially pain in the lower back. These are some reasons that lower back pain is high in nurses. A slight pain in the back can aggravate to deliberating low back pain over the course of grueling hours of duty during the career of a nurse, which is why nurses need support as highlighted here. Lower Back Pain High In Nurses Tall, in her 50s and sporting a perfectly coiffed salt-and-pepper pixie cut, the woman was one of the most respected nurses in the Read more…
Back Pain Relief Tips For Gardening
July 6th, 2012 Posted in Lower back relief
Gardening requires bending often, and this action is why your back can be strained, especially due to these movements of bending forward and twisting. So, if gardening is your favorite activity, and you do not want to stop it, then here are some back pain relief tips for gardening to keep your back relaxed and prevent yourself from getting back pain. Activities such as raking, hoeing, trimming, weed whacking, mowing, digging, and shoveling are all part of gardening. Each activity can harm your back if done without care or thought as to how back pain prevention can be implemented. Back Pain Relief Tips For Gardening Some easy techniques will do wonders for your spine when you perform the following warm-weather tasks. 1. Raking and Read more…
How To Lift Properly To Avoid Lower Back Pain
June 21st, 2012 Posted in Lower back relief
Lifting and bending incorrectly is one of the most common causes of initial back pain injury. Many of us don’t even know we are using the incorrect lifting and bending technique. If you want to know how to lift properly to avoid lower back pain, the most simple advice is to BEND YOUR KNEES! It is really quite simple – but most people bend from the waist and rotate as they bend – that is the dangerous part – twisting while you are bending from the waist. Do that often enough and soon enough you will get the dreaded back wrench where you can’t move and are in serious pain. In this article from toyourhealth.com it is explained how adults have lost the correct bending technique, and Read more…
5 Back Pain Relief Tips
May 2nd, 2012 Posted in Lower back relief
Here are 5 simple back pain relief tips. As usual they sound like common sense when you read them, but most people with back pain do not do any of these things. Something as simple as fixing and strengthening your posture when you do everyday activities are VERY important when it comes to protecting your back. Some people have hurt their back for life by doing a simple everyday activity incorrectly like picking something off the floor, or bending and twisting without bending your knees. 5 back pain relief tips 1. Stay Fit –Stretch and strengthen the core, specifically the obliques, the thighs and the buttocks muscles. This can help reduce the incidence of mechanical (non traumatic) low back pain. Stretching these areas can elongate these Read more…
Lower Back Pain Relief While Sitting
April 11th, 2012 Posted in Lower back relief
Sitting down for extended periods can cause severe lower back pain. If you are looking for some information on lower back pain relief while sitting, this recent article from Fox News gives some interesting insights into how to help ease your back pain if you spend long hours seated at your desk or inside your car. The main points are that you should take regular breaks by getting up each hour and stretching your body. Walk around for a minute and get the blood flowing through your body and take the weight off your lower back and especially your intervertebral discs. There is also discussion of the use of core strength exercises to strengthen your back and abdominal muscles. Very sound advice indeed! Lower Back Read more…
DRX9000 For Lower Back Pain Relief
April 9th, 2012 Posted in Lower back reliefOf the many new techniques for fixing your back, using the DRX9000 for lower back pain relief seems to have one of the highest success rates of any lower back pain treatments. It involves stretching out the vertebrae so that the discs between them re-align and find their natural position. This technique is used by chiropractors, including the founder of Advanced Spinal Rehab Inc Dr Larry Gies. In the article below, Dr Gies outlines why the DRX9000 machine has been so successful in treating lower back pain ailments. Compared to surgery where the success rate is around 30-40%, it is suggested that the success rate from using the DRX9000 is close to 90%. With claims like that, this lower back pain relief technique is definitely one to investigate Read more…
