There are many at home treatments for back pain. They all involve simple exercises that you can do to stretch the muscles and spine. Some of these programs work for some people and not for others.

Some say inversion is the cure, others say it doesn’t work at all. I say if done correctly it is an invaluable tool in the back pain tool box.

Others suggest that only the medical profession should address back pain. Of course, it is usually those in the medical profession who are making that suggestion. It’s kinda like Walmart suggesting that you visit your local Walmart store.

Somewhere in the midst of all of this sometimes conflicting information is the truth about treating your own chronic back pain. Thankfully, it is simple to sort through the mess and come up with a workable solution.

You should first understand your goal when addressing your back pain. It is not to stop the pain. You should focus all of your attention on keeping your spine in the correct position by maintaining your lumbar lordosis. That is the inward cure of your lower spine.

Most back pain is caused by keeping your back in stressful positions for a long time. The stress is cause by the loss of the lumbar curve. If you maintain the curve, you reduce the stress and the pain.

In fact, the goal of good posture is not to sit or stand straight up. It is to sit and stand while maintaining the natural curve of your back.

Another problem most at home treatments have is that they overdo the stretches or stray from the needed straight line stretches. Sometimes they advise the wrong kind of stretch and can prevent you from healing.

All that is needed is a simple extension exercise to make tiny steps forward. A properly done extension exercise is a self administered chiropractic treatment. Do them regularly and allow for proper rest and you will end up pain free before it is all over.

Add a little mild inversion when the sharp pains are gone and you can get pain free a lot faster than you ever thought.

The main reason people fail in curing their back pain is that they over do it. If a little exercise is good, a lot must be better. But that is TOTALLY wrong.

Symptoms Of Disc Herniation

The symptoms for having herniated disc are heavily depends on how serious your back condition is. You might feel nothing at all- no pain no numbness in spite of having a damaged lower back. Or if you’re unlucky enough, the herniated disc bulges out from between the vertebrae and pressing on a nerve, you will feel constant numbness or pain at the weakness points of your back.

Identify Your Back Pain

Herniation normally happens at 3 parts of your back. If you’re having constant chronic back pain, the first thing you should do is to identify where the pain comes from.

Upper back: If herniation happens at the upper back, you will feel intense pain at your front thigh when you sit or stand. The intensity of the pain highly depends on how serious is your herniation condition.

Neck: Or we call that the cervical spine area. You would feel numbness or electric shock pain at your shoulder or chest. Not often but the constant surprise visiting is able to ruin your day off.

Lower back (Lumbar area): Among the disc herniation cases, this might be the most commonly seen among the Americans. There is a very high percentage lower back herniation would develop into Sciatica.

What is Sciatica?

If you’re feeling constant pain at your lower back, hip, tailbone or feeling long lasting numbness at your leg or hip after sitting for a short while, these are the symptoms of Sciatica.

In order words, if you’re diagnosed a Sciatica patient like me, then you’re in big trouble. You wouldn’t be able to sit long at the same position because your lower back pain would alarm and to shake off the pain, the only effective way that shows immediate relief is to stand and walk around. The another unlucky part of having Sciatica is that you’re not allowed to walk or run too long either because the pain would remind you of its existence.

Good Effective Treatment For Disc Herniation

There are way too many kinds of early treatments for disc herniation. Look, the reason I said “early treatments” is because treatments like hot and cold treatment, massaging, taking painkillers or NSAIDs are only effective in easing off your pain at the early stage of disc herniation.

As you can see, these treatments are merely teaching you how to relieve your pain but not to treat the cause. How long do you think you can continue taking these medications?

If you’re REALLY sick of taking painkillers, massage therapy, reflexology or any kind of methods which are useless in curing your herniated disc problem, it is time to try some therapy treatments which is very focused to the disc herniation problem.

Children are a pain in the back!

New survey reveals that 83% of Mums suffer back pain directly related to caring for young children

A new survey* conducted by Maclaren Buggys and BackCare, ‘The Charity for Healthier Backs’, has revealed that 83% of Mums suffering from back pain believe it has been caused or exacerbated by their children. Mums cite pregnancy as well as the day-to-day lifting and carrying of their children as the main reasons but the survey highlighted a significant proportion of these mums (73%) also link back pain to pushing, folding or lifting pushchairs. Sash Newman, Chief Executive for BackCare comments “A pushchair is one of the most important pieces of baby equipment a parent buys - they will be using it constantly for years, not just months. If you choose one that has the wrong handle height for you, is too heavy, or is difficult to fold and lift then you could be storing up some real problems for the future.”

In response to the survey, Backcare has joined forces with Maclaren to create a ‘Top Ten Tips’ providing advice on what to look for when choosing the right pushchair plus general tips on how to care for your back when looking after young children. These ‘tips’ are below and are on the Maclaren website at: http://www.maclarenbaby.com/gb/backcare

The survey reveals just how often women are using their pushchairs:

- 84% of women are using their pushchairs up to 3 times a day
- 91% are folding or unfolding them up to 3 times a day
- 87% are pushing them between three and ten miles a week.
- 47% are frequently lifting them in and out of the car

Adds Sash, “With such high usage all parents should consider the effects of a pushchair on their back and look for features that promote good back health - not just one that looks good or is used by a celebrity and hopefully our ‘Top Ten Tips’ will help women make the right choice for them.” She continues, “When choosing a pushchair women should be looking for good handle height - too short and you’ll be bending your back. The frame design should allow you to take a full stride, it should also be light to lift and easy to fold. We have found all these elements in Maclaren Buggys.”

Jo Ebdon, Marketing Manager at Maclaren comments, “87% of parents push their buggies between 3-10 miles per week. That’s a lot of regular use so it’s important for parents to be comfortable. All our buggies have ergonomically optimised handles that keep parents’ arms in a good pushing position and therefore their head, neck and back in correct alignment. Our unique angled A-frame design also ensures parents can take nice large steps without the risk of kicking the back of the buggy when walking.” She continues, “The survey also highlighted the importance of handle height to Mums. Maclaren buggies have a good range of handle heights at 104 - 114 cm (41-45″). Plus our Techno XT and XLR models also have height adjustable handles, for increased flexibility and comfort.”

This care for women is rooted in the Maclaren design. Back in 1965, Owen Maclaren, a former test pilot and aeronautical engineer, saw his daughter struggling with her bulky, cumbersome pram and was inspired to design something more user-friendly. He created a portable, lightweight (just 3kg/6lbs) yet sturdy buggy for her with a unique umbrella-fold mechanism. Thus the first Maclaren buggy was born and went onto revolutionise baby transport and become an iconic design.

The company has continued in this innovative vein and today each buggy is ergonomically optimised to promote comfort and good posture. Jo adds “We make our frames from strong, but lightweight aluminium and we have the lightest buggy on the market - the Volo, weighing in at just 4.0kg. In addition all our buggies have a 5-second one-hand fold for ease of use and what’s more we’re so confident in the design and quality, every one is now eligible for our unique Sovereign Lifetime WarrantyTM.

Top Ten Tips For Mums On How To Look After Their Backs

1. Look for a buggy with good handle height to keep yours arms in a good pushing position - this will help keep your head, neck and back in the correct alignment.

2. When pushing your buggy you should keep your shoulders down and relaxed and your elbows in.

3. Make sure the buggy you choose has a frame that allows you to swing your legs fully in front when walking.

4. Opt for a lightweight buggy, especially if you are always lifting it in and out of the car.

5. Make sure your buggy is easy to fold/unfold.

6. When lifting your child try not to bend over, instead bend at the knees and squat next to your baby. Hold your baby close to you and straighten up from the knees. ‘Bend your knees, not your back’ is the key to lifting small children.

7. If you are picking up a toddler, put one foot in front of the other, bend at your knees and encourage them to ‘walk’ up your front leg.

8. Avoid carrying your child on one hip - instead carry them in front of your body with their legs around your hips.

9. Exercise your back regularly - many exercises and activities can help you keep your back fit and healthy. Yoga, walking and swimming are particularly popular.

10. Use a well-designed backpack, such as the one BackCare has available** that spreads the weight evenly over your shoulders to carry your baby equipment - not a single sling bag.

Please note the aforementioned tips do not constitute medical advice and information displayed on maclarenbaby.com should not be used to replace medical advice received from qualified (healthcare) professionals, Maclaren is not in a position to recommend any specific treatment, product or therapy.

Sources:

* Conducted on http://www.babyexpert.co.uk, http://www.thinkbaby.co.uk and http://www.babyworld.co.uk in January 2009, among 1206 volunteer women respondents.

** BackCare has designed a range of back packs to help you protect your back and make a difference to your posture and performance. More information on this unique back pack can be found at http://www.backcare.org.uk or by calling 0208 977 5474.

Notes

Maclaren Buggys are eligible for Maclaren Sovereign Lifetime Warranty™, the world’s first global lifetime warranty, when parents register online at http://www.maclarenbaby.com within 45 days of purchase.

Maclaren is committed to safeguarding the environment by acting in a socially responsible manner and by adhering to the principles of: reduce, reuse and recycle.

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From earliest times herbal medicine has been used to treat almost all sorts of disease. You may suffer from chronic back pain and you are probably looking for a natural but effective way to relieve your backache. I am going to give you precious information about a plant originated from the Savannah desert regions of South Africa. But don’t worry; you will be able to buy it in any good drugstore or even on line. Its common name is Devil’s Claw. What are a few properties of this plant usually used to treat chronic back pain

Devil’s Claw Main Compounds

Devil’s Claw scientific name is Harpagophytum Procumbens. It is also known as grapple plant and wood spider.Three of the active principles of Devil’s claw (glucosides) are harpagoside, harpagide andprocumbide present in its root.

Devil’s Claw Properties

Extracts of Devil’s claw roots are widely used in Europe for rheumatic pain. Extracts compounds have anti-inflammatory properties and can work as a pain-killer. Harpagophytum o Devil’s Claw has been used most commonly for arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, muscle pain, and low back pain. The herbal medicine can help relieve pain produced by a range of joint and muscular disorders. Some patients suffering from persistent headache and neuralgia are treated using this herb too.

Devil’s Claw Side Effects

Even though an herb may be widely regarded as safe, caution is advised. Never let your guard down simply because a product is labeled “natural”. Devil’s Claw doesn’t have serious side effects. Its main side effects include gastrointestinal upset and low blood pressure. It is better to avoid using devil’s claw if you are suffering from diabetes, stomach ulcers, if you take blood thinners drugs such as Warfarin or Ticlopidin or if you are pregnant.

I advise you to discuss first with your healthcare provider, I mean a professional healthcare before starting a cure.

The truth

You need to understand something important: Devil’s Claw treatment can relieve your back pains but don’t have any effects on your spinal column or even on your musculoskeletal condition. Additionally, you will need to coordinate another kind of therapy which is able to attacks the truly root of your back pains. I’m speaking about the Muscle Balance Therapy.

Feel free to click Muscle Balance Therapy in order to learn more from the Healthy Back Institute and cure naturally and safely your back pain for ever!

GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 28 — If a formal risk reduction plan for opioid painkillers increases the regulatory burden on physicians, they may simply stop prescribing such drugs, to the detriment of patients in severe pain, the FDA was told Thursday.

The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research wrapped up a two-day public hearing here to get input from physicians, pain patients, pharmacists, hospice workers, addiction groups, and others to decide what factors it should consider in drafting a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) aimed at reducing adverse events caused by opioids.

The REMS would be the largest to date and govern all extended-release opioid drugs, with the possibility of including regular-release opioids.

As use of opioid drugs for pain management has grown, so has abuse of the drugs.

Data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2007 suggested that 33 million people over the age of 12 used an opioid for a nonmedical purpose at some point. Most obtained the drug for free from a friend or relative.

Physicians who prescribe opioids must register with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), but several witnesses testified that the drugs might be less likely to be misused if more regulations were imposed on physicians who prescribe opioids.

One suggestion heard repeatedly from witnesses on Thursday was to require physicians to have patients sign a contract when they are given a prescription for opioids. In the contract, the patient would pledge to use the drugs only as intended and not to distribute them to anyone else. Some physicians already do this, but it’s not a requirement.

Others would like physicians to undergo intensive training on prescribing opioids for pain management.

Ardis Hoven, M.D., an internal medicine and infectious disease specialist in Lexington, Ky., and an American Medical Association board member, told the panel that the FDA should first launch an intensive communication effort before mandating such requirements for physicians.

Tougher regulations might lead to physicians to shy away from prescribing the entire class of Schedule II drugs and prescribe the less-potent — and less-regulated — Schedule III agents instead, Dr. Hoven said.

Schedule II agents include morphine, oxycodone, pure hydrocodone, and methadone. A handful of hydrocodone and morphine combination products are listed in Schedule III, but the analgesic options in this class are relatively scarce.

If a REMS does end up imposing requirements on physicians, positive incentives should be put in place to fund and support training in pain management, such as waiving the fee clinicians now must pay to the DEA for the privilege of prescribing Schedule II drugs, according to Dr. Hoven.

According to the DEA, a clinician who prescribes controlled substances has an obligation to take “reasonable measures” to prevent the drug from being diverted to those who use it for a nonmedical purpose, an attorney who represents physicians told the panel.

But clinicians do not currently have the tools to enforce proper distribution and use of narcotics, and need more support and training, said Jennifer Bolen, founder of the Legal Side of Pain and the Pain Law Institute.

“It’s dangerous and irresponsible to use physicians to teach the law,” Bolen said.

She said state medical licensing boards, health insurance plans, and law enforcement officials must play a big role in enforcing the REMS.

FDA officials acknowledged the interplay of the FDA and the DEA on the issue of opioids. While the FDA normally focuses on the safety of drugs for medical purposes, it can’t ignore the fact that millions of people use the drugs to get high.

But the FDA is not a criminal enforcement agency, said John Jenkins, M.D., director of the Office of New Drugs at the FDA.

“Our authority deals with medical use of these products,” he said.

Still, the two-day hearing was peppered with emotional testimonies from people whose family members overdosed on opioid drugs that they obtained illegally.

One suggestion from a number of speakers is that the FDA require opioid manufacturers to put serial numbers or microchips in opioid tablets, linked to the prescription that released them to a patient. That way, if law enforcement officials seize pills, the prescriber and patient can be easily traced.

The FDA is already considering serial numbers on some classes of medication for a different reason — to confirm the integrity of the supply chain.

Other speakers suggested creating opioid medications that are “less abusable” such as crush-proof pills.

However, formulations intended to thwart abuse have been tried before. That was the original intent behind Oxycontin, the brand of extended-release oxycodone that ended up widely abused.

While it’s up to the FDA to decide what a REMS will look like, it’s the responsibility of drug companies to enforce the new regulations.

According to Dr. Jenkins, it could be a lengthy process, and the FDA might convene an advisory committee before any REMS is finalized.

Related Article(s):

• FDA to Step Up Regulation of Extended-Release Opioids

Many of us encounter aches and pains in our bodies on occasion, most of which show from a variety of activities. These may include poor sleeping positions, extended sitting times, over-activity during exercise, even improper lifting! Usually these aches and pains appear to go away on their own or with a minor intervention on your part.

Sometimes a pattern develops of having the issue return and go away, only to return again later, only to again go away until the next bout. EVENTUALLY, you may experience SEVERE low back pain.

Severe low back pain often results in dramatic changes in a person’s ability to perform daily mundane tasks. Getting out of bed, getting to the restroom, even tying your shoes can be affected when this strikes your life. You may become depressed; some people even become somewhat suicidal over the debilitation. Your entire outlook on life can take a dramatic turn for the worst.

The causes for severe lower back pain include a “slipped disk” which frequently results in nerve pinching or irritation, spinal misalignments again resulting in nerve pinching or irritation, muscle sprains and/or tears, and of course muscle spasms can result in severe low back pain. Through all this you need to focus on finding ALL the things that may be causing the issues, and only then begin treatment for these issues.

It is important to begin with a few things understood. First is that your body delivers pain signals to when you have injured tissue, and also to KEEP YOU from further movement which may increase injuries. This is important to know since common treatment programs often include pharmaceutical muscle relaxers which, when taken, can decrease the bodies’ ability to keep you from further injuring yourself. Most muscle tension and spasm is designed to stabilize your back due to the bodies’ ability to recognize instability being present. Don’t try to out-think your body; you’ll only end up regretting your actions later.

Differentiating the different issues affecting you is the key. This begins with describing the discomfort - sharp, stabbing, shooting and burning all indicate nerve problems. Aching, throbbing, and tearing usually indicate muscular problems. Remember that most nerve problems will have muscular counterparts within the normal defense mechanism.

Testing is necessary to differentiate these problems. EMG can be performed to determine just how damaged various muscles might be. MRIs are often used to identify soft tissue injury including muscle and discs. Nerve conduction studies or nerve biopsies are advanced tests that can be done to determine if there is any nerve damage or to help locate a pinched nerve out in an extremity.

After we know specifically what is affecting you, restoring movement patterns is beneficial to allow for return to functional daily activities. Healing is process, not an event and on-going care is required if full recovery is expected.

The greatest truth about severe lower back pain is that you can be helped! Help exists to provide symptomatic improvement, prevention of future impairments, and returning to a normal life.

Have you ever wondered how it can be that you can sit around all day doing nothing strenuous and develop back pain or neck pain? When you start to examine the structure of our bodies and apply some simple rules of physics, the fact that we don’t suffer from more frequent or intense back pain and neck pain is a wonder. In my chiropractic office in San Diego, California, I see office workers on a regular basis that have significant back and neck complaints related to simple ergonomic issues.

Back pain or neck pain can affect anyone at any time. I see patients that have injured their backs and necks from lifting, operating machinery, sports injuries, auto accidents and falls on a daily basis. I would classify these injuries as typical or expected types of injuries. Many non-chiropractic patients or new chiropractic patients would be surprised to find that the most common type of injury that I see in my office is not from lifting heavy sacks of concrete but from the long term consequences of postural stress.

Postural stress is the “silent killer” when it comes to our spinal health. Postural stress occurs during both seated and standing positions and any time that your spine looses its’ natural curves and / or moves forward beyond its neutral balance point.

An example of a posturally stressful position for your neck would be when you are sitting at the computer leaning your neck and head forward while keyboarding, mousing or viewing the screen. Assuming a posture in which your head and neck are extended out in front of your body reverses the normal curve of your neck and shifts your head forward of its balance point.

When we assume postures that cause stress on our spines, the stability that is inherent in our structure when postural boundaries are respected is lost. Stress exposes our ligaments and muscles to prolonged periods of stretching which results in fatigue, irritation, inflammation, back pain and neck pain and eventually arthritis.

Treating neck pain and back pain that has resulted from postural stress requires a multifaceted approach. Chiropractic care combined with stretching and nutritional support will relieve the pain and stiffness and restore normal, full joint motion. This part of your recovery may take several treatments or a lengthy treatment program based on the length of time that you have been in pain and the severity of your symptoms.

In addition to chiropractic care, you must eliminate or modify the causes of the postural stress. A workstation analysis can reveal ergonomic issues that are instigators of postural stress. Ice pack applications to the specific areas of neck pain and back pain in twenty minute sessions are also helpful.

The best way to begin your care is discuss your issues with your chiropractor. Chiropractors are well trained in dealing with postural stress issues and the neck pain and back pain that result from it. At my San Diego based chiropractic clinic we use a complete approach that utilizes chiropractic care supported by specific stretches and exercises. We also encourage the proper nutritional support to facilitate the healing process. Whatever approach that you take to relieve the pain of postural stress, please be aware of the importance of eliminating the source of the postural stress in addition to seeking treatment.

Low back pain is perhaps the most consistent complaint massage therapists hear from their clients. Many massage techniques have been developed (at least in part) to ease this common ailment. Often, they are very effective. Traditional Swedish massage, various acupressure techniques and neuromuscular therapies are some of the modalities to help reduce low back pain. Another technique found to have success in treating lower back pain is cranial-sacral therapy. This modality can help to reduce adhesions and thus reduce associated pain as well.

While affording relief, the effectiveness is often only felt for short periods of time. In order to increase the efficacy of the traditional practices, there are some techniques that can be added to the massage therapy repertoire that may prolong the reduction in discomfort. To open narrowed blood vessels and relax tense muscles, try adding superficially applied heat. This can be done by using heat packs or warmed towels in the massage session.

You can also advise your clients how to strengthen the muscles of their trunk and torso, by introducing them to Pilates or yoga postures, which can help to stabilize and support the spine. You could even include active or passive stretching in your massage sessions and instruct your clients how to continue these exercises at home.

Also, advising your clients as to what they can do at home, such as the aforementioned stretching techniques, can help prolong their relief. Advising them to take hot baths, and/or offering them handouts with instructions on strengthening exercises will help them ease the pain between massage sessions. Increasing the number of ways you use to treat your clients will not only help reduce your clients back pain but it will also make your job a bit easier.

Learn more about using the above techniques to alleviate back pain.

The electrifying pain comes from your lower back, directed through your sciatic nerve into your feet and back to your lower back again.

It is unbearable isn’t it?

Having sciatica is a curse. You can’t walk for long. You can’t sit long at the same position either. Even laying on the bed could not help easing off the pain because your damaged sciatic muscles keep alarming. If you’re a sciatica patient you should understand what I mean.

Often, sciatica patients are a little misled by the ways of treatment. Just a quick question for yourself. What have you tried over the years to cure sciatica? I mean, to cure sciatica, not the pain.

The most common methods you were taught are massaging therapy, reflexology and acupuncture. These methods are very effective indeed. You can see almost immediate relief after taking these treatment. However, try look a little deeper into these treatment.

Is your sciatica fully cured by any of these treatment? Relief yes, but not getting rid of the pain once and for all. So why is the pain keep bugging you?

There is only one simple reason behind- Your muscle is damaged. It is out of its normal position and constantly pressing on your nerves. That is why you feel intense pain at your leg or hip whenever you move. Even a slight raising of your leg or turning your body just to release muscle stiffness might bring you lots of pain especially when your sciatica condition is at the final stage like me 10 years back.

Look back at the massage, reflexology and acupuncture therapies. All of these treatment are not meant cure sciatica by reconstructing your lower back and leg muscle to its original position.

What they basically did are to relieve your pain, let you to able to walk and stand again with reduced pain after you have attended countless sessions for long term. They do not heal sciatica. In fact, they let you to get used to the way you are injured and after a long period when your body started accepting the pain, you would be able move like a normal person again.

Is curing Sciatica possible?

Yes. It has been proven that Sciatica is able to be fully cured without surgery. Physiotherapy is one of the ways that work but not as effective as the Muscle Balance Therapy. Muscle Balance Therapy is the latest therapy breakthrough that works incredibly well in all kinds of chronic back pain and sciatica cases.

Muscle Balance Therapy is an innovative approach to eliminating every kind of back pain once and for all, starting with a careful yet simple assessment of all the muscles that affect the stability of your hips, pelvis, and spine - from both a strength and a flexibility perspective.

The Muscle Balance Therapy approach uses the results of your assessments to design an individually targeted program of corrective exercises to help take the stress off your muscles, joints, and ligaments so you can achieve a more balanced body and eliminate the cause of your pain.

In a sense, what Muscle Balance Therapy is asking you to do is a very “unbalanced workout” to get your body back into proper balance. Once your muscles are more balanced and you’re feeling better, you will be able to return to your workplace or to your favorite activity with the confidence and security that you need to live a full and productive life.

Up to date, there are more than 200k patients who have back and chronic Sciatica problem managed to cut down 90% of the pain within the first 3 weeks after trying Muscle Balance Therapy exercises at home.

Okay you have endured the pain in your back for weeks maybe months or longer. Your doctor is now recommending surgery and right now you’ll do anything to stop the pain. I know where you are coming from. I’ve been there, done that and lived to talk about it. But wait! Have you consider these three things Now I’m not a doctor or a medical expert on back surgery. I’m just a guy who injured his lower back and for months endured the pain of a herniated disc. Some days the pain was so bad I would of done anything to stop it. Finally not really knowing any other options had surgery on May 11, 2009.

I do have to say my surgeon and his staff were great! The operation went well and I’m now recovering at home and feel much better. However I wished I knew then what I know now about back surgery. Below are three things you should consider first before undergoing the “knife’.

1. There a number of very real risks involved in any type of back surgery. I don’t have the space here to go into all the risks involved. Let’s just say that any procedure that is done so close to your spinal cord should be taken seriously.

2. Recovery can be lengthy my doctor said that I can expect it to take a year or more before am completely pain free. Now that’s the good news! The bad news is I may never be 100%.

3. My operation was relatively minor back surgery ( Of course any back surgery is a BIG DEAL!) I still have 4-6 weeks out of work - for two weeks I have to stay flat on my back.

I don’t want to scare anyone from having surgery. My purpose here is simply to make you aware of how much back surgery can affect your life. Again for me back surgery seems to have been successful. However there are alternatives to a back operation that are non-invasive. Personally I wish I had explored these alternatives before I had my surgery. Now that I have plenty of time to surf the web (I’m lying with my laptop on my tummy) I’m finding Lot’s of information on other options.

One of these option is called Muscle Balance Therapy. One of the leading proponents of this treatment is Jesse Kanone of the Healthy Back Institute. He has developed a program called The Lose The Back Pain System. This system has helped thousands live pain free. I would strongly encourage anyone suffer ring from back pain.. The way I see it is that non-evasive, non-surgical procedures make sense. If all else fails you can always have the operation.