Back pain does not arrive alone, does it? Nor does any other pain for that matter, but there is something worse about back pain. Toothache is depressing and it keeps you awake, but you know that the dentist can sort it out very quickly.
Migraine or any headache is depressing too, but they come and go and tablets can help, but back pain brings with it the depressing, ominous suspicion that that is you now ? hamstrung for life.
Backache is different for most people, but it is usually a chronic, grinding, 24/7 pain that only appears to go away for brief periods whilst you are engrossed in something else and reappears as soon as you become distracted.
Most people with backache are resolutely convinced that their lives will be blighted from now on and for many, it is. However, is this a self-fulfilling prediction? Does the very fact that someone believes that their active life is history make it the case?
There is some evidence that you get what you think. A positive attitude will help you become healthier more rapidly that a negative one. Most individuals would agree with that.
So, can you think your way out of back pain? Almost certainly not, but maybe it depends on how hard you can think as well. The power of thought, meditation or prayer ? whatever you want to call it ? is harnessed by healers all over the world.
My masseuse here in Thailand says a prayer before she starts kneading and prodding me. My father was a healer in Wales and he also used to say a prayer before working on a patient.
I have a friend that has had backache for thirty years ? half his life ? and he has merely accepted it as his lot in life. He has been to the medical doctor and to hospital, but they told him that neither massage nor acupuncture can help, so he has never tried them.
He lost his career through immobility and his wife because he was such a misery. Massage has helped me and i have met people who say that acupuncture has been a help for them.
It appears to me that because we are all different and because there are different variations of and reasons for backache, some medications will work for some and not for others.
RICE is one general treatment that seems to deliver some degree of relief to everyone. RICE stands for: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation..
Rest does not help me. I find that a couple of minutes walk is better and I attempt to walk a little further every day. Last week, I was managing 300 yards with a stop halfway, now I do not require the rest.
Ice: my friend swears by ice packs and melts one or two a day on his back. I have not tried it.
Compression: some sufferers find that a tight belt helps, but it is not for me
Elevation: this has helped me a lot. I lie on my back with my calfs on a seat parallel to the ground, but I know people who cannot manage this pose.
Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on a variety of subjects, but is now involved with sciatica pain management. If you would like to know more, please go to our web site at Sore Back Remedies
Source: http://newhealthandfitness.org/2012/02/01/back-pain-and-emotions/
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