To turn the tide on the economic and personal repercussions of chronic back pain, researchers are looking at novel ways to deliver treatment – cognitive behavioural therapy delivered online or by phone. In millions of cases worldwide chronic pain persists for  months, years, or even a lifetime and sufferers are willing to give something new a shot.
A new practice of sound therapy is conservative in a medical sense, but radically shakes up our perceptions of healing and the role we can all take in someone’s recovery from a back injury. The therapy uses words and sounds to engage with a person’s thoughts and emotions to promote pain relief and healing of lower back pain.
Sound therapy is non-invasive. It is effective because it treats t…
The fact that high heels cause back pain is an old story but it seems like many more of our favourite wardrobe staples are equally guilty. A March 2017 study from the British Chiropractic Association accuses skinny jeans, winter coats with oversized, fluffy hoods, large, heavy bags and backless shoes of committing crimes against spine alignment.
Is exercise part of your weekly routine? If you are suffering joint pain, then it should be. Exercise makes your body stronger, more flexible, better able to balance, energises you during the day and makes it easier to rest at night. It helps your body maintain a healthy weight and releases endorphins – our in built pain relief, feel good hormones.
The Teeter Hang Ups are the ultimate, top of the range inversion tables. Your body weight creates traction that lengthens the spine by increasing the space between the vertebrae – less pressure means less back pain.
Hanging upside down is fast becoming the exercise trend du jour for good reason. It releases pressure on the spine allowing discs to regain plumpness lost to gravity everyday; it improves circulation around the body; it promotes well-being with devotees attributing better skin, relaxation as well as dramatic improvements to neck and back pain.
While Carrie Bradshaw and the rest of her lady friends on Sex And The City make walking in heels 24/7 look like a cakewalk, in real life we should know better.
Anecdotal evidence is showing there is a link between back pain and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Although around 1 in 5 Australians are thought to have IBS, a small percentage of these people will go on to experience associated back pain.
Contrary to popular belief, back pain is a health issue for children as much as their grandparents. Early in 2017, the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio, USA did a thorough review of scientific literature learning that lower back pain in children is a common problem, not a rare one, that becomes more widespread as they mature.
The very best therapy for back pain is exercise. The kind of exercise will look a bit different for everybody and every taste. However, to maintain strength, flexibility and bone density the body must keep active. Bad Backs stocks an aladdin’s cave of unique ergonomic tools to enhance the exercise experience, and to promote recovery or management of back pain.
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