Active Treatments For Low Back Pain |
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Low back pain surely occurs to a person at
least once in his/her lifetime and can turn in to a deadly disease,
making the person disabled. In fact, back pain is the number one
disability for those under 45 years of age. But, the good news is that
low back pain is treatable and sometimes preventable too. A variety of
treatment options are available for relieving low back pain. Each
treatment has its own way of treating the patient but all the treatment
options have the same aim of reducing or stopping the irritable and
disturbing pain.
One of the common and easy
treatments for low back pain include active treatments. The success of
these treatments depends upon the patient himself, as he is required to
undertake these treatments on his own. Some of the active treatments for
low back pain include:
Exercise: Some active forms of back pain exercises are
necessary for alleviating back pain. In fact regular back pain
exercise routine helps in avoiding recurrences of low back pain and
also reduces the severity and duration of the possible future episodes
of low back pain. Back pain exercise program should include a
combination of stretching exercises like hamstring exercises,
strengthening exercises like dynamic lumbar stabilization exercise and
McKenzie exercise, and low impact aerobics like walking, bicycling, or
swimming.
Quit smoking: Smoking can lead to low back pain as it damages
the vascular structures of the discs and joints in the back. Quitting
smoking would improve blood circulation and healing. Also, nicotine
results in inhibiting bone growth by undermining the fusion process
after the spine fusion surgery. So, patients of spine surgery should
quit smoking for allowing the bone to heal.
Weight loss: Losing your weight will surely help in reducing
low back pain by lessening the amount of stress on the low back
muscles and ligaments. Patients carrying more weight around their
midsection pose greater risk for obesity-related health problems like
low back pain. Due to pressure of extra weight on your back, your disc
and other spinal structures can get damaged.
Ergonomics: Ergonomic is the study of the workplace as it
relates to the worker. Ergonomic furniture, proper lifting techniques,
supportive footwear and avoiding static posture for prolonged periods
of time would surely helps in reducing pressure from the low back.
So, these are some of the active treatments for low back pain which when
applied in daily life can shoo away your back pain.
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