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Am going through another high-intensity round of $$thousands of you-name-its at an “integrative medicine” pain clinic over the last 3 months or so and, again, zero results. It’s like nobody knows what to do with this problem. I also have herniated & dessicated discs, in other words degenerative disc disease, and everyone wants to jump on that, but I feel like that’s missing the boat – the pain is CLEARLY in the muscles – when I’m on my feet for more than a few seconds – YOWCH. I haven’t seen myofascial pain mentioned anywhere on your website, and only in passing, in a list in your book.

I’ve just started with the Lose the Back Pain system, still on the CDs, haven’t gotten to the DVDs or assessment yet, much less the corrective exercises, holding out hope that getting to root imbalances will provide some relief. Started Heal N Soothe about a week ago, 2 caps 2X/day, upping it to 3 caps 2X/day this week starting NOW, and holding out LOTS of hope for that (especially after reading Dr Oz blame everything short of global warming on inflammation). Can NOT tolerate narcotics – they make me stoned, stupid, non-functional – and they DON’T relieve the pain!! What a gyp!

I’ve been contemplating the Nubak Trio since you sent out the promo email a few weeks ago, looks much more comfy & soothing than a table. (What I REALLY want is an inversion CHAIR – ran across that a number of years ago, looks SOOO soothing to start out with spine already stretched by sitting position.) I got the BackJoy – 2 of them, in fact. I’m not so impresssed with mine, just does not “do” anything for my abysmal (hopeless?) posture (butt too big?), but hubby seems to like his. I got the tall vibrating back support and that I DO like VERY much – have been using a lumbar support on my “politically incorrect” office chair (that I love, thank you very much) for years, and am amazed how good the MID-back support of the tall cushion feels – way better than lumbar support – surprise! (My crappy posture!)

So yes, it IS a multi-pronged approach that’s needed – as my “integrative medicine” clinic’s name suggests. I’ll take all the “prongs” I can get! What’s the old saying? “Take what you need and leave the rest.” And the OTHER old saying: “Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater!” And as an old techie troubleshooter from way back, I know I shouldn’t be trying too many things, making too many changes, all at once – else I won’t know what DOES work and what DOESN’T.

Whoops, sorry for blathering on, guess I felt like I had a sympathetic ear.

PLEASE ADDRESS MYOFASCIAL PAIN!! It’s a very difficult problem!! Seems to have everyone stumped!! NOTHING I or anyone else has done has made one iota of difference!! I even lost 40 lbs and it didn’t help a bit!! I feel (in my dreams) like I want a surgeon to go in there (and I’m anti-surgery) with nice, shiny, sharp, surgical scissors and just snip the myofascia open, to release its relentless iron grip on the muscle!!

And no one understands! It’s invisible! People look at me like I’m a whining crybaby idiot when I try to explain!

Yet it’s got me so disabled I can’t even do things around my own house. And forget going out – forget shopping, going for a walk, going to a park, dancing, travel, museums, etc. When I contemplate going ANYWHERE, I’m always first and foremost calculating the walking – and whether I should be using my wheelchair for the occasion.

I guess I’m frustrated, sorry, that WAS pretty whiny, bleh. Okay, I’ll go listen to CD-3 now like a good Do-Bee. But PLEASE do think about MYOFASCIAL PAIN!! I’ll make you my best friend forever if you do.

Those who are suffering from backache because of his work could benefit from lumbar girdles. At least this is the conclusion of a Netherlands study conducted among home-care workers.
Many people with back pain turn to body cinchers and back girdles, however so far there was little evidence for it. Do these gadgets are actually more effective or an invention without the support of science?
To address the problem, a team of researchers in the Netherlands tested different models of girdles in a group of employees of a company that provided home cleaning and sanitation services. The 360 volunteers (who were already suffering from back pain previously) received advice on healthy work habits that could prevent low back injuries, such as how to lift heavy things. Moreover, half the participants were given a lumbar girdle, which should be worn the days when they thought they could have back pain.
The findings of this study would appear in ‘Annals of Internal Medicine. “The lumbar support can be valuable tool in new strategies for preventing back pain in the workplace,” the researchers advise.
Their study showed that volunteers who took the girdle had an average of five days less of back pain every month. Thus, during the 12 month follow-up volunteers who wore lumbar girdles suffered pain during an average of 72 days, while those who only received advice, experimented backache during 124 days, “which is a clinically relevant reduction of 45%,” the authors clarify. Overall, 74% of the volunteers were satisfied with the girdles, whose costs ranged from 50 to 75 Euros.