Fact file of Back Pain Treatment

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by

Pain affects your sleep, your mood, your work and productivity, your sex life, and your memory. It robs your energy. Pain is a distraction. It keeps you from being your truest self.
Medical approaches to back pain treatment.
Western medicine is based in allopathic principles. So, back pain treatment focuses on pharmaceutical medications, injections (shots of medicine), and surgery. When your doctor recommends these kinds of treatments, he/she is assuming that you are practicing a healthy lifestyle. They assume that you tried preventive measures. They are administering emergency treatment.
On the other hand, Eastern-based styles of medicine are founded in homeopathic principles. These are based on natural approaches, and the premise that the body has an innate wisdom to heal itself. It is our personal responsibility to practice a healthy lifestyle, preventive care, and to tap into the body’s healing wisdom.
If you seek the Western, emergency care approach to treating your back pain, one of the first long-term therapies that your doctor will assign is physical therapy. A physical therapist will try to help you create new, healthier lifestyle habits.
When a physical therapist takes their first assessments of your physical condition, there is one type of exercise that is important for long-term success.
The one type of exercise that can save your back and your life.
This one exercise will improve oxygen and blood-flow to the muscles and joints. It loosens them and creates space in tight areas.
The jelly-like discs between your vertebrae need movement to keep limber. The nerves and sensitive structures around them also need movement and circulation.
This is why cardiovascular conditioning (cardio) is vital to any healthy body, and it plays a critical role in relieving back pain.
In addition to relieving pain and loosening tight spots, cardio improves the physical environment through these health benefits:
* Improved sleep
* Weight loss and management
* Sugar/Insulin regulation
* Increased Energy
* Sharpens focus and brain activity
* Enhances mood
* Fat reduction
So, by practicing just moderate amounts of cardio exercise, the health benefits are enormous. A lifetime free from back pain, and drastic medical treatments, can be yours by practicing this one simple, powerful exercise!