March 12th, 2010 | 
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back pain can grind your day to a halt, leaving you stiff, exhausted, and unable to complete even the simplest of activities. For those who suffer from recurring back pain, finding ways to alleviate the suffering becomes of the most importance. Often, these sufferers turn to medication as a way to navigate through their day with as little discomfort as possible. But, truth be told, medication only masks the symptoms of an underlying problem that will only remain if not properly addressed.
More natural methods of treating back pain – such as back pain exercise – offer the opportunity to treat the fundamental issue; and the way in which it does this is by strengthening the back muscles. Often, back injury, and subsequently pain, is the result of weak back muscles that succumb to the stress of our lifestyles. A sedentary work environment where you spend hours hunched over a desk, a job requiring heavy lifting, and anything in between can cause injury and trigger back pain if your muscles are not up to the challenge. Back pain exercise works to strengthen your body so that it can strongly and confidently stand up to daily abuses.
First and foremost, back pain exercise must be supervised closely by a doctor – either by your general practitioner, a physical therapist, or chiropractor. An experienced medical professional can skillfully tailor a back pain exercise program to address your specific needs and areas of concern. In this way you can work to remedy your existing injury and prevent future pain.
Your doctor may recommend a back pain exercise program of light aerobic exercise, including walking that will help limber joints and muscles. Further down the road, you may begin a weight lifting regime as part of your back pain exercise program that will help to strengthen muscles.
Additionally, part of strengthening the back, as any doctor will tell you, is strengthening the front. Your back is supported by a strong core of abdominal muscles. Strengthening abdominal muscles will go a long way to alleviating back pain and preventing injury. To this end, your doctor may recommend a program of yoga or Pilates as part of your back pain exercise program that will work to strengthen and elongate core muscle groups thus providing stronger support for your back muscles.
Many doctors also consider a regimented stretching program to be an integral part of back pain exercise. Stretching keeps muscles limber and improves flexibility thus providing a line of defense against injury.
Back pain exercise should be an individual program specifically designed to alleviate your pain and heal your injury. With consistent effort and medical supervision you will find that your back pain subsides and you are living a much stronger, healthier life.
Michelle Bery
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How can I speed my recovery on my back and stop this ? cycle?
I have a slipped disc in my lower back, it’s pinching a nerve making it painful and hard to walk. I’ve been down for 4 weeks now and I’m starting to get depressed. I need some physical activity. I’ve been stretching, taking ibuprofen, seeing a physiotherapist, walking around the block, sitting in the hot hub and using a TENS unit.
I just seem to be having and ? infinite ? loop.
I rest, relax, and I start to feel better. non-movement seems to take the pain away. I can finally start moving again and so I do. Nothing vigorous, a walk around the block, or 5 minutes on a recumbent exercise bike. I like to play music, so I’ll sit in a chair and play guitar for 30 minutes or so.. But then, the pain comes back – with vengeance. It knocks me down, I can’t sit up, I have to lie down for the rest of the day typing on the stupid computer… oh what I wouldn’t give for a nice pain free walk for an hour…
I can’t seem to find the balance between being inactive and overdoing it. I don’t know if the pain is just normal and i should just deal with it, or if its telling me it’s being aggravated and I’m really just adding to my recovery time.
Oh, I’m sure there have been a LOT of people in the same boat as me, but this is my first time in this boat… so I was hoping maybe someone would show me around… maybe point me to the wheelhouse, throttle and steering wheel? I have to regain control ’cause I’m getting sick of myself.
Yeah,allot of us,first of all I’m wondering why your doctor didn’t set you up with inpatient physical rehabilitation.After I broke T-4 and L-1 I was in rehab for 6 weeks. That includes 4 days down time for the surgery and rest, but after that the rehab was inpatient,5 days from 9-4 with a lunch break.Week-ends we could do things according to what the doctor orders were, but that was me, so if you can’t or don’t fit those categories, then why aren’t you seeing a pain management doctor.The tens unit doesn’t help everyone. Don’t think that’s your only option.Find one in your area(sometimes they’re under anesthesiologists). Most of them do both, I know what you’re going through so just hang in there with what you are doing. You’re on the right track.If you stop exercising and walking you’ll go backwards but you don’t have to be in so much pain doing it.Don’t settle for just what the doctor tells you.There are other options.
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