Share Your Best Pain Relief Tips
and You Might Be a Winner…
A couple of weeks ago I was reading through some of the thousands of emails I get each day and I came across one that really struck me…
Someone had written in to tell us how much our free videos had helped his wife… but he also said that one of the things that worked the best for her when it came to pain relief was mustard…
Yes, mustard… now, if I recall correctly it was prepared in a special way… but it got me thinking, I bet that there are dozens, if not hundreds of other little-known natural remedies out there that most people just don’t know about…
So, I decided a great way to get everyone to share their best pain relief tips, strategies and remedies would be a contest…
To enter simply post your tip onto our blog using the link below and you’ll be entered to win the following prizes:
1st Prize: Inversion Table ($299 value)
2nd Prize: Lose The Back Pain System ($97 value)
3rd Prize: Freedom Back – Back Support ($59 value)
The team here at the Healthy Back Institute will choose the winners and the deadline is Thursday, September 10th.
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If you want to make an inexpensive hot pack, make your own rice bag. Take a handtowel, fold in in half and sew it together on the three open sides – leaving a 3-inch opening. Turn it right-side out and fill half full of uncooked rice (NOT instant rice). Stitch the opening closed. Place in microwave for about 2 minutes, depending on your microwave. Caution it does get hotter than you think, so be careful. Place on sore back – it stays warm for more than an hour!
I had back surgery when I was 30 because I ruptured my disc that affected my right leg. Then 18 months later I herniated the next disc that affected my left leg. About 3 or 4 times a year my back would go out, from car wrecks or overdoing etc. But it was always my left leg & back that were bothered. Then 2 years ago I was rear ended in another car wreck in June of 2007. That one took out my right leg that hadn’t bothered me for 30 years. Went to a “top” back doctor and he sent me home to take aspirin. By Dec. of 2007 I was in so much pain I finally went in to Instacare at the hospital and the Dr. gave me a shot & put me on Celebrex. It relieved the pain so I was pain free as long as I was in bed. Which from June to Dec of 2007 I was in horrible pain even laying down. So that was a big improvement. Then in Feb. 6, 2008 I read in the newspaper the article that Dr. Gott writes about drinking apple pectin & Welch’s grape juice. I had nothing to lose & didn’t want to be on Celebrex because of the risk of heart attacks. So – I tried it – I drank 2 oz. of liquid apple pectin & 6 oz. of Welsh’s grape juice 3 times a day. Noticed a improvement in only 2 weeks. In June of 2008 I stopped the celebrex pills. In the summer of 2008 I cut back to only 1 glass of pectin & grape juice. In the late fall of 2008 I stopped it entirely. I would need a glass or 2 or 3 about every 3 weeks since – if I would overdo or walk too much or bend wrong or drive too many hours or shop too long. Here it is October of 2009 and I’m still fine. I still have the problem but if I can’t find a Dr./someone to cure/help me – this stuff is working and it is natural. Many people in my water therapy class tried the apple pectin & grape juice and have been happy with the results. It works on knees also they said. I buy the liguid apple pectin by the case from the local grocery store so it is cheaper and get the Welch’s grape juice from Sam’s club. All I can say is try it – it can’t hurt you and might help you.
After back surgery 9 years ago I started getting bad siactica pain I tried everything above. Cold water is good but not available any time. I had such bad pain and could not stand on my foot so I got a cold pack that I keep in my freezer and sat on it on the lower back on the left side for 20 minites 4x for two days, then 3x for 2 days, then 2x for 2 days, then once this deminished the pain to nothing. Everyday or if I think the pain is coming I lay on the floor make my 2 hands into fists and place them under my seat on both sids with the knuckles against my body . I move them around to different places until I find the sorest spots on each side. Then I rock my body back and forth till the pain subsides and I move them again. I do this now Daily and the strong pain has been gone . I have not used the ice packs since te last strong pain. At least there is cost for being pain free. My ice pack is waiting for me .
Response to Mohammed Arsalaan AHMED
Hi Mohammed,
We would suggest that you get a copy of the Free Back Pain Book “7 Day Back Pain Cure” to get you started. You can find more information about it on a couple of posts on this blog in Archive for August, 2009.
Hi, I’ve been doing the microcosmic orbit meditation and it’s made
my back strong and I’m able to breath better, along with herbal
remedies and that sort of thing it’s proven to be most valuable to me.
Oh btw I forgot to mention I had a rather large curve in my spine and it’s been getting straighter, although this takes a little time.
For those diagnosed with fibromyalgia: you may really need thyroid. I had severe neck pain for years. My muscles were so tight, they were like bands of steel. No therapist wanted to work on me. I tried most every therapy mentioned here and so many more. Finally, I diagnosed myself as hypothyroid and within three days of natural dessicated thyroid (armour), I was able to turn my neck for the first time in 10 years. Now, I take T3 only. Last week I found out Stanford is doing a clinical trial for fibromyalgia using T3. They state it is the first trial of its kind. Too bad the Stanford docs were so arrogant when I told them to do this.
I also highly recommend dmso for pain. Between dmso and celadrin lotion, I have most pains covered (other than the neck pain) Celadrin is amazing. It is lightening fast in pain relief. I used it for cracked ribs when nothing else touched the pain. And dmso is awesome for many pains. I put it on a cotton ball and on my gums and it heals pain in 5 minutes.
Turmeric and msm I take on a daily basis. And magnesium and Vit C and B complex and extra pantothenic acid.
I love Epsom salts baths for back pain too…mmm….
Good luck to all…and thanks much to all for sharing.
who won the table???
This is too easy. The number one answer is Angelis Water. If you haven’t heard of it before, you won’t believe anything you hear about it now, without first hand experience. It’s unbelievable, you have to see for yourself. Thanks, Pat. Shall I call you with my shipping address or will you notify me by email? Thanks, Pat
My daughter had a bad knee at the age of 14 and her back always hurt. So I was told about a non surgical procedure called cold light laser therapy. Its has made all the difference in the world with out getting cut open.
I work at a manufacturing plant and we had problems with soft tissue injuries. While working on the ergonomics team I came across information on a stretching system call Rossiter workouts, developed by Richard Rossiter. I went to a demo and based on what we learned, my company subscribed to his program. Thirteen years later we still use the stretches we learned to help co-workers get relief from soft tissue aches. There are many different stretches to help almost anything that hurts. To protect the person giving the workout from getting hurt, most of the stretches involve the “coach” stepping on the “person in charge”(the hurting person).
Depending on the area of hurt, the coach has a target area he/she steps on, then applies weight according to the directions of the person on the floor. The weith is held while the person on the floor goes through the motions of the stretch. I feel I am fortunate that I was one of the original “coaches” and am amazed at the different attitude of this type of help today compared to 13 years ago when we started this stretching program. Richard also teaches “self-help” techiniques that you can do on your own. A local chiropractor attended one of his refresher training classes with my company, went through a workout while there, and left with a kind of “it was okay” attitude. She said it felt good, but didn’t seem impressed at the time. It was the next day that she realized that she had completed her normal jogging the night before and didn’t exerience the residual pains she usually dealt with as a result of a auto accident. There have been times that she had told me to get stepped on after she has finished a chiropract adjustment.
I stepped on my massage therapist who said that was the first time she had relief from shoulder pain that she acquired playing ball…….she was the pitcher.
Richard originally targetted manufacturing businesses because he understood these as key areas for soft tissue injuries and the value in reducing work comp costs to a company. I don’t believe the manufacturing world (maybe the people) was ready for what he had to offer. The Rossiter program and ergonomic improvements have pretty much eliminated soft tissue injuries where I work. I believe he is now teaching these techinques in Europe.
When I tell someone about these stretches they look at me like I’m crazy, but once they need help and see how well it works, they always come back. When my family gets together for holidays, I always end up stepping on someone.
We have had Richard speak at our plant and his talk about working with soft tissue was comparable to the massage therapist that we invited. I asked Richard what the difference was since they were saying the same thing. His reply was that the Rossiter stretches would work faster because they were participative. The hurting person is adding value to the stretch instead of just laying there. I’ve seen a lot of people avoid surgery because of these stretches, and I’m one of them.
I was traveling last summer, away from my inversion table that I use on a regular basis to alleviate back pain. I discovered a wonderful way to decompress if you don’t have access to any particular device but can get to a swimming pool (or a lake or the ocean etc). I used the weight of my own body underwater to decompress and take away all pain! If you hang upside down in the water as long as you can comfortably stand it, and repeat as often as you can, you will have great relief from pain! Great reason to join a gym or club that has a pool!
I recieved the inversion table a few months ago and it was the best investment I have ever made.I was always going to the chiropractor 1 and 2 times a week and I have only been to him 2 times since I have got the table .It’s just hard to imagine that it can help a person so quickly ,I have got up in the night time and got on it and back to bed with no pain or pills .I thank this website I found and also I was able to try it for 30 days before I bouhgt it .I highly reccomend it to anyone that is with bad back problems .I also found it is very sturdy so no danger of hurting yourself …. I could not be happier with this product .. a big thank you !!!
Castor oil! No you don’t have to drink it, rub it on your sore and swollen joints. It does not provide instant relief as in pain free but it does help and with consistant use works wonders-for about 80% of people. If you have all over arthritus rub it into the groin area of your body as well as on the sore joints. The cost is less than $3 of if it doesn’t work the worse you have is nice soft skin
Castor oil! No you don’t have to drink it, rub it on your sore and swollen joints. It does not provide instant relief as in pain free but it does help and with consistant use works wonders-for about 80% of people. If you have all over arthritus rub it into the groin area of your body as well as on the sore joints. The cost is less than $3 so if it doesn’t work the worse you have is nice soft skin
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I’ve had back problems for donkey’s years! From about the age of 19 or 20, and am now 70… eish a long time and it’s gradually got worse and worse. I’ve been to physios, chiros, acupuncturists, osteopaths and even the ones that swing a cork, but haven’t had any lasting relief from any treatments at all. I used an Invertex (hanging from the hips) for a long while, but ditched that with my daughter when I left for overseas. The worst problem is lying in bed when something in my spine at any old place up and down the spine starts pinching and get pain every which way, in the neck, the legs, feet, toes – I’ve once even looked at my leg to see what this funny “popping corn” feeling was, and I could see a tic there, so I know that some little nerve is reacting! A long story. Oh and on top of that I worsened it all throwing a frizbee for about an hour and obviously twisted my body wrongly and ended up with dislocating the jolly sacro iliac bone. Because it was never seen to, and I limped for a while, the muscle has withered on the left buttock, so nothing holds that bone steady any more. What a mess. Well the good news is that someone’s child left a beach ball, soccer size at our house and one night in desperation I lay on it on my back and managed to “click” my spine and relieve the spasms. It works for me! I now have a slightly smaller beach ball and have also the Fitness big. On top of that I massage my painful spasm with the FENIX Rehab System I bought through Jesse Cannone’s contact, Dr Greg Fors. I also use Rub on Relief but only for bad spasm pain. I do mild weight exercises three times a week and find my muscles are starting to strengthen and perhaps by the time I’m 75 I’ll be able to say that my spine is being held in place by wonderfully rejuvenated muscles. Thank to Jessie’s wonderful web site and the help I’ve received in such a warm and caring environment!
Ambulatory spinal unloading is the “new kid on the block” when it comes to treatment of acute and chronic low back pain.
Everyone knows that stabilizing the spine and allowing strained muscles to relax and heal are critical to the healing process. Anecdotally we also know that relieving pressure on the discs via traction or inversion tables etc relieves the pain and we also know that continued activity opposed to inactivity is beneficial.
But, until ambulatory spinal unloading came along there was no way to offer the low back pain suffer the full treatment. The ambulatory spinal unloading treatment modality for low back pain allows the low back pain sufferer the ability to regain mobility, flexibility and activity in a pain free or pain reduced environment, allowing discs to rehabilitate, muscles to realign and mend and damaged nerves to heal.
Ambulatory spinal unloading treatment modality is without a doubt, one of the most beneficial and cost effective, non-invasive treatment modalities for acute and chronic low back pain than anything else available today.
Typical indications for this new treatment modality are most forms of low back pain that have been caused by; degenerative disc decease, herniated or bulging disc, nerve impingement, stenosis, facet syndrome, spondylolisthesis, lumbar vertebrae compression fracture, sciatica, lordosis etc and for many “undiagnosable” causes of low back pain.
The information in this comment only refers to pain RELIEF, not to correction of the root problem. Clearly, anyone with back pain should make an attempt to figure out why it is ocurring rather than focusing on pain-relief or just “riding it out”. Having said that, here is a wonderful tip for pain relief. This is not a personal recommendation, I am just passing along information that I privy to.
There is a nutrient and to the best of my knowledge to date, it is only manufactured by one company. It is fat-soluble chlorophyll product. This information on pain-relief does NOT pertain to any other form of liquid or water-soluble chlorophyll. The latter will not work. This tip came to the attention of a doctor who teaches hormone balancing to health professionals and has since been asking these health professionals to use the nutrient clinically and submit the data to her. Originally, she had discovered the fat-soluble chlorophyll pearls were being used in a pain-clinic with great efficacy. Apparently, aaproximately 80% of patients get rapid and significant relief. Relief was accorded not just with muscle and joint pain but in all types of pain syndromes, including one cancer case where even morphine was not effective. The latter case was a woman whose two sons were medical doctors and when all else had failed in keeping their mother comfortable (while she was dying)they reluctantly resigned to trying this recommendation they heard spoken about at a seminar. Consequently, their mother was able to remain comfortable with out any other form of pain relief except the chlorophyll pearls until she passed. In any event, I personally use the pearls for pain relief and find them to be indispensable. Bear in mind that chlorophyll contains vitamin K and if you are on coumadin, it would not be recommended. Use any nutrient within your own understanding.
This is not an endorsement, it’s just that I know of no other source of this form of chlorophyll. The company that manufactures this product is “Standard Process” and their products are only available through health professionals. From what I understand, a lot of Chiropractors handle this line. Chances are, very few health professionals will have heard of this application. The specific product is called “Chlorophyll Complex”. Each pearl contains a very thick, oily, chlorophyll extract. Chlorophyll stains so be careful! Here’s how you use the product for pain:
Take 2 pearls and bite them and hold them under your tongue for about 30 seconds and then swallow them. The chlorophyll tastes like grass but it’s not so bad. As I said, it stains so be careful. Your mouth will be pretty green initially, but the chlorophyll absorbs and dissolves quickly. Most people experience some benefit very quickly, often within minutes. If not, wait a short while and try 2 more, etc., until you are sure it is not working for you. Personally, if you feel it is not helping your pain initially, I would give it a few days, possibly trying a couple of pearls every half hour for a few rounds, then every couple of hours. If after a few days you are sure there is no reduction in your pain, this simple and healthy remedy is not for you.
If you are one of the majority who does get some relief right away (at least within a half an hour or so), continue to stack the “dosing”: As soon as your pain begins to creep back, take 2 more and stay on top of your pain-don’t let it come back full bore. With this product, more is not better. Two pearls is all that is needed and take them as needed in conjuction with your pain. The mechanism is not well understood at this point in time but clinically, it appears to be quite effective for many people. As I mentioned and as I was told, a particular pain clinic puts everybody on this product right out of the gate. Try it. It’s healthy for you unlike OTC meds and it may be a genuine source of relief while you are working to correct the root cause of your back pain. Remember, this product is a very concentrated, fat-soluble extract, NOT a watery green liquid chlorophyll. Good luck.
When my back is aching I like to get on my treadmill and walk. It helps to loosen my back up and I feel better Now when I get hip pain, I use my Magnessium gel and rub it over my hip and my pain it gone..You can also use the gel wherever you have pain and you’ll be doing your body a favor by getting more Magnesium!
Place 2 tennis balls in a sock and tie it tightly. Lie down on a flat, soft surface (I use a yoga mat on the floor). Place the sock behind your head in the small “dents”, just above the ridge at the bottom of your skull. I use them daily for 10-15 minutes. Within the first few minutes, I can feel the muscles down my whole back start relaxing. It’s been very helpful to me.
I find in the morning that my back pain is worse – particularly in my gluts with shooting pains down both legs.
My tip to help is to use a rice bag heating pad. Mine is long with two loops at the end. I heat it up and use a bungee cord to hold it on my back while I do the breakfast chores for the family.
The heat relaxes the muscles and gets me ready to do my stretches and strengthening exercises.
During the day, I can also wear the hot pack to keep my muscle relaxed.
IFor my back pain I use excercises, the one I use to build up the back muscle is to lay on my stomach and put both feet together and both hands at my sides and lift my head up for a count of 10 and do this 5 times everyday. My back has improved quite abit since I have started with this excercise
It sounds like you’re creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why
Tiger Balm, the white kind, works on the nerve endings and feels as good as ice for me. Thanks for all the tips…good luck with your pain.
Hydrotherapy that includes far infrared, ultrasound, massage, oxygen, ozone and negative ions that create internal warming just like exercise have been very effective for me. I had a severe back injury when I was young and now have 3 vertebra that fused naturally. They put strain on the rest of my back. Our Oxygen Spa has helped me go from only being able to handle being on cement floors for 2 hours to enabling me to do 10 day trade shows that are 12 hour days with no pain killers. The inversion table looks like the final piece to the puzzle. Using it as we age in combination with the oxygen spa, make me think it would be possible to maintain our height and posture. That allows for overall better functioning of the whole body over the long term.
These herbal remedies for back pain help to relieve pain and stiffness. At the same time, they will stimulate the blood circulation of your body.
•Rub capsaicin liniment into the skin.
•You can also apply frequent hot compresses soaked in valerian, chamomile or ginger tea to the back.
•If you have sciatica, rub the skin with St John’s wort oil
I have two things that help with my back pain: the first is to stretch – bend over from the waist and “dangle”, stretching my back until I can touch the floor with my hands. The second thing that helps with back pain is to walk in a very warm pool of water – 90degrees or just above. My body relaxes in the warm water and holding a “noodle” in front of my body, I can walk back and forth in the water. The noodle helps me with my balance, which is poor. I believe that the teeter table will help with my back and increase the blood flow to my ears and therefore help my balance.
sit on a firm chair near a door frame, put one leg up high as straight as you could on the frame or 10 min, than move to the other side of the door and stretch the other leg. i found this very helpful.
For short term relief, I like to use Epson salt (magnesium) in my bath and rub some Magnesium gel on the muscle that’s giving me some pain. To help with posture (I work in front of a computer most of the time and I have a long commute to and from work) I use a “rope jacket” that anyone can easily make with a long yoga strap or two neck ties tied together. Just place the strap over your upper back and hold one end in each hand. Drape each end of the strap over its respective shoulder (do not cross the strap in front of your body), then cross the straps back, holding one end in each hand. The strap should be moderately tight. Once in the right position, tug on each end in a downward direction. Tie the strap in front of your body. You should feel traction on the trapezius muscles in your upper back (near your neck). You may also feel your shoulder blades being pulled in toward the ribs. Great help especially at the end of the day.
I have been in and out of bed for years with back pain/disc pain and sciatica. Trips to the orthopedic dr. only put me on pills and in bed. Not until I bought the program Lose the Back Pain and did the exercises faithfully did I get relief quickly and have been pain free for over a year. Still do the exercises and have passed your web site along to several friends.
Thanks for your continued information emails.
For 20 years I’ve taken Feverfew to prevent migraine headaches. I’ve read that for some it will completely prevent the headaches, for some it will make them milder and less often. For me it made them less often and milder, plus the nausea came BEFORE the pain, so that often I thought I was coming down with something before I realized it was a migraine. My migraines went from weekly or more often to monthly or less and were much milder.
One of the greatest things I have done for myself is to buy the FAR-Infared heating pad! I was skeptical unitl I got it…now I am sold! I now spend every evening on it, I sleep better, and I generally hurt less.
I had my frined with Thoracic outlet syndrome spend 30 minutes on it, and added my Tens unit to the mix, and he was back to 98% the next day!
The one thing I add to really bad days is a “Still Point Inducer”. While it was deisgned for your neck, I have found that if I use it by laying on it with the points on both sides of my spine, it acts on the accupressure points. It also helps my spine adjust to the proper position.
Combination therapy starting with:
1) great attitude working on what can be done and handling pain as well as possible.
2) exercising as the body will permit–it is a process and pain contracts the muscles–find stretching exercises that stretch the muscles, ligaments and body.
3) breathe deeply several times per day–this grounds you and helps keep you focused.
4)be open to modalities that can provide relief–topical creams, herbs or other remedies–experiment with them to see what works for your bio-chemical system.
5) with pain there is a desire to be pain free if only for a moment–know that is possible and educate yourself on what works for you.
6) if money or insurance permit seek a practitioner whose methods work for you–massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, etc.
Pretty good post. I just found your site and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed browsing your posts.In any case I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you post again sooner
Mustard is a good pain reliever, however it can be harmful to your health because it pulls potassium out of your system. This could be serious for folks with heart conditions. Appreciate all of the good advice this site offers.
simple way to make hot pad for back pain. purchase a pair of the long heavy duty socks for use with tennis shoes,fill with rice maybe a pound,tie off end of sock and heat for a couple of minutes in uwave.no sewing required.
The best thing I have found for pain and especially back pain is a 6 inch x 6 inch x 1 inch magnet with the north pole on one of the large sides and the south on the other. You ONLY use the north side of the magnet, and hold it on the pain for about 30 minutes or longer if needed. I was using some small magnets (north side to me) and doing a good job with my back pain, but had some really deep back pain. Went to the chiropractor and got it fixed, and then thought, I have the big magnet. Next time I will try that. That worked better than the chiropractor, and now that I have been using it whenever my back hurts, I am down to hardly ever having any back pain at all!!!
If I had a pain relieving tip that worked, I probably would not be trying to win the inversion table. What I do have is an 82 year old mother in severe sciatica pain – she also has small vessel disease/dementia which further complicates treatment – of course the ortopedic guy wants to do surgery and the neuro guy says not to – I just want her to feel better and enjoy her older years as otherwise her health is fairly good for her age – but the pain is slowly destroying her – I wish anyone could tell me what to do for her, alternative treative/traditional or otherwise.
Thank Goddess I discovered Rebirthing BreathWork in the 90′s. It has been so amazing in the way it literally dissolves stress that is being held in the body as well as resolves any ongoing emotional stress that accumulates day to day. Rebirthing was founded by Leonard Orr and Sondra Ray. Today I am a Master Rebirthing BreathWorker and teach others how to manage the mental and emotional components of pain as well as the mind-body connection. Unresolved and unconscious anger, sadness, grief, fear all crop up in the body. This does not mean that it is the only thing I employ for pain management, but the breath is the most direct and immediate one available and is profoundly involved in helping to relax and have the energy to do what is needed, ie., exercise (I always recommend LBK and LNP), nutrition, healthy lifestyle. I highly recommend Sondra ray’s Book “Healing and Holiness” – Don’t be afraid of the work holy – it is the root word for wholeness and discussed as such in her book. It has all to do with connection with spirit (breath!) and nothing to do with any particular belief system. Also I recommend Morty Lefkoe’s site for releasing negative beliefs. Breath is life! Choosing life every day – Kate Garrity – Puerto Rico
My mom used to be ahead of her time. She gave all of us (her children), a book on SHIATSU By Tokujiro Namikoshi which explains the many pressure points, correct technique and the myriad health concerns this helps. I don’t remember what year it was that she gave us this, but it had to be >30 yrs ago. She was always interested in reading about healing with herbs, raw vegetable juices. One thing she said was that “Cherry Juice” or just “Cherries are good for arthritis pain.” Well, I purchased Tart Cherry Extract tabs from Swanson Health Products and can say, “They work!” If you had a sore throat, she’d say, “Gargle some warm water with Cayenne Pepper in it!” It BITES, but it WORKS! Another was my hands both seized up when I was pregnant for my 2nd child from crocheting too much, and it HURT. I was given an old folk remedy book about apple cider vinegar, and took 1 TB. of that, 1 TB. honey in very warm water and drank it 2 x a day for a LONG time (being pregnant, you can’t take many medications) It also WORKED! I don’t know when I stopped drinking it, but every so often I will think I should start drinking that again. Also, as a RN, I would use relaxation breathing techniques like I learned in Lamaze to help focus and calm patients down which also helps diminish pain. We don’t breathe properly, and deprive our bodies of oxygen; so it is a good thing to do for ourselves every time we think of it daily.
I’m surprised that you would give ‘inversion’ any recognition and even a prize. The best it can do is provide a very temporary relief by slight increase in intra vertibrae spaces which shrink back in a couple of days. The required maneuvering is unsafe for clumsy folks. Traction tables are banned in Canada.
Yours respectfully with 35 yrs experience, 20 years of proper conservative treatment for DDD and finally a decompression involving, removal of remnants of 12 discs and fusion of 12 vertibrae with assistance of four Harrington rods and multiple screws. This restored golf although surgical risks had to be taken, John Basaraba.
I did the Vax-D stretching machine and it was great. It relieved two pinched discs but to continue, it is expensive. I am thinking the inversion table would be the next best thing.
My tip…
Simple
STOP and THINK
Think before you approach a task on how to complete it with no risk of injury.
Think about your posture while walking, sitting, driving.
Think about what that 2 to 3 inch thick wallet in you back pocket which leaves a buldge in your jeans permenantly is doing to your back muscles spine and nerves.
Too often we are such a big hurry to get things done we fail to stop and think.
In 2004 (Feb) I was injured while carrying out an ERT task. I tore my pyriformis muscle which led to bleeding and scaring. That scar tissue has encapsulated the sciatic nerve causing 100% compression 24/7
Workers Comp has done nothing to assist. After 7 and a 1/2 years had I stopped and thought about what I was doing on that fateful day in 2004 I would be enjoying life more than I have since that time.
STOP and THINK