BACK PAIN RELIEVED NATURALLY
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I have back pain—will relieving my pain take a long time or be expensive?
I can’t bend over to tie my shoes!I have lower back pain and I can’t straighten up! My sleep is terrible, I can’t find a comfortable position! Back pain relieved naturally: Solutions for getting your life back fastMore than ever people are seeking natural solutions for chronic back pain. The Cleveland Clinic reports that 80% of people living in the U.S. have a strong chance of suffering from back pain during their lifetimes. For those who do, 15% – 20% will deal with this pain for a year or more. Adults ages 45-64 are most likely to experience a painful back. [1] (1) The medical staff of the Cleveland Clinic. Chronic Back Pain Overview. Cleveland Clinic [website] https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16869-chronic-back-pain (accessed January 29, 2020) Most back surgery is unnecessaryMore than any other common pain condition, back pain diagnosis is surrounded by myth and outdated treatment approaches. For example, if an x-ray or MRI shows arthritis, a bulging disc, or other forms of “spinal degeneration,” then that’s why your back hurts. Right? Not necessarily. Many studies have shown this is often not true. People who had back scans that exhibit one or more of the conditions listed above but decided not to have back surgery and tried to relieve their back pain naturally ended up with the same if not better results than those who did have back surgery [2] (2) Richard Senelick MD. MRI Back Scans Do Not Predict if You Need Surgery. HuffPost [website] January 23, 2014, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sciatica-_b_4098475guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHCpNkDqiGKBKqnHCnHLcfY4YHhYcUzYqwyaGnCc9aEaLdEuDtVBce8huebNtpmtzBnzc7UGWScxBYFTwJ-2hwk-yFFtnHUwJCx6m0h58yDPQlqUQDIFYraman51lPnpjcxdx848x6XTRKuSmnWZn89N9CYe2zN5vtH2LhmtrZX (accessed January 29, 2020) Our spines are not as fragile as we have been led to believe. One major consequence of unnecessary spinal fusion surgeries — a standard and routinely ineffective procedure — is low back pain that persists for years instead of months or weeks. [3] (3) Philip Stahel, Todd Vanderheiden, and Fernando Kim. Why do surgeons continue to perform unnecessary surgery? Biomedical Center [website]. January 13, 2017, https://pssjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13037-016-0117-6 (accessed February 1, 2020) Many doctors are not current in their scienceThe scientific literature does report on more effective solutions for eliminating or...
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(Back to text)1 | (1) The medical staff of the Cleveland Clinic. Chronic Back Pain Overview. Cleveland Clinic [website] https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16869-chronic-back-pain (accessed January 29, 2020) |
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(Back to text)2 | (2) Richard Senelick MD. MRI Back Scans Do Not Predict if You Need Surgery. HuffPost [website] January 23, 2014, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sciatica-_b_4098475guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHCpNkDqiGKBKqnHCnHLcfY4YHhYcUzYqwyaGnCc9aEaLdEuDtVBce8huebNtpmtzBnzc7UGWScxBYFTwJ-2hwk-yFFtnHUwJCx6m0h58yDPQlqUQDIFYraman51lPnpjcxdx848x6XTRKuSmnWZn89N9CYe2zN5vtH2LhmtrZX (accessed January 29, 2020) |
(Back to text)3 | (3) Philip Stahel, Todd Vanderheiden, and Fernando Kim. Why do surgeons continue to perform unnecessary surgery? Biomedical Center [website]. January 13, 2017, https://pssjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13037-016-0117-6 (accessed February 1, 2020) |