How to fight back pain

If you’ve ever struggled to sit up in bed the morning after painting your house or crumpled over in agony after turning the wrong way in the shower, you already know that a lot of things can go wrong with your back. The human back and spine boasts an amazing design that provides protection for your sensitive spinal cord and the nerve roots contained within it. It’s also flexible enough to provide mobility in every direction. Back pain can be disabling and perplexing, especially when it becomes chronic.

Whether it arises from joints, discs, nerves, muscles or tendons, it can put you in bed, wreck your plans and force you to modify your lifestyle. Some people with severe back problems resort to potentially addictive drugs or surgical treatments, which may or may not work. Fortunately, for many, relief can be safer and simpler. Understanding Your Back Pain

Back pain may arise from many different cause, example: injury, poor posture, muscle strain or spasm, weak muscles, nerve irritation or entrapment, inflammation of joints or degenerative spinal conditions. The pain can be constant or intermittent. It may only occur when you assume certain positions or perform certain activities. Your pain may remain in one spot or radiate to other parts of your back or body.

It can feel sharp, dull, burning, piercing or throbbing. If you experience sudden, severe and unexplained back pain that doesn’t go away on its own after rest and self-treatment, it’s important to see a doctor to determine the cause; this is especially true if the pain is affecting your mobility or is accompanied by numbness, tingling or other unusual symptoms. Once the source of your pain is determined, you can start taking steps towards recovery.

How Does Massage Therapy Treats Back Pain?

Traditional treatments like pain medications, muscle relaxers and ice or heat therapy often fail to relieve chronic back pain. Today, more and more doctors are recommending massage therapy to help their patients recover from this limiting pain. Massage performed by an experienced therapist combats back pain directly and also addresses its underlying causes. Therapeutic massage does all of the following.