You may have heard the saying that opposites attract. In back pain relief the same concept applies. Let me explain…
When you walk your right arm moves forward at the same time as your left leg. Imagine having to walk with your right arm and leg moving forward at the same time. Try it - you feel awkward and uncomfortable.
After a period of time your muscles will tire as they are not used as they are designed. At times they will tire within minutes. As the muscles tire they tighten and pain develops.
An unbalanced motion is highly stressful on your body.
What has this got to do with back pain relief?
Well, your spine works in the same fashion. Your lower back is moving in conjunction with your upper neck. Your pelvis moves forward on the left as your right shoulder moves forward.
If you have lower back pain, there may also be some disturbance in your neck. If you have pain to the side of your spine lower down (called Sacro-Iliac pain) then you may find your opposite shoulder is not working well.
So when you look to finding the causes of your pain, you need to look further away than just the area of pain.
The areas that you now have pain in, may have been caused by an unbalanced motion in your spine that tires the muscles and creates the pain you have now. The area of pain may not be the only cause.
A common reason why pain struggles to disappear is that although the pain may be centered around your lower back, unless you remove some neck or shoulder tension, it just won’t settle down properly.
What does this mean for your own personal back pain relief regime?
Check muscle tightness in your entire body. It is simple to do initially. Just stretch all the muscles in your upper and lower body and assess which are tight. Stretch those muscles no matter where you have pain.
It is also best to also balance the joints the same way, you need to assess the entire spine including your pelvis. If you have lower back pain, rub your neck and see if you feel any tender spots.
If you have Sacro-Iliac pain rub your opposite shoulder joint and notice if there is pain around the joint.
If so, then you need to look at more than just the site of pain.
Symptom relief is easy, you look at the area of pain, work on some trigger points, stretch a few muscles, and strengthen a couple of weaker muscles and pain eases.
Then it returns…
If you find you are struggling with recurring or chronic back pain then you need to look away from the actual area of pain.
Think of the opposites, back pain relief will remain temporary relief unless you remove all the factors causing it. This may sound like a hard or complicated task, but in most cases a few simple techniques performed once will eliminate the majority of issues.
Don’t be fooled into just looking at the site of pain, even simply checking the areas that move in conjunction with the site of pain can reveal many hidden causes that are easy to correct.
Long lasting back pain relief is a simple process - find the cause, remove symptoms, balance muscles and joints (in your entire body) and finally train your body to stay pain free.
You may have heard the saying that opposites attract. In back pain relief the same concept applies. Let me explain…
When you walk your right arm moves forward at the same time as your left leg. Imagine having to walk with your right arm and leg moving forward at the same time. Try it - you feel awkward and uncomfortable.
After a period of time your muscles will tire as they are not used as they are designed. At times they will tire within minutes. As the muscles tire they tighten and pain develops.
An unbalanced motion is highly stressful on your body.
What has this got to do with back pain relief?
Well, your spine works in the same fashion. Your lower back is moving in conjunction with your upper neck. Your pelvis moves forward on the left as your right shoulder moves forward.
If you have lower back pain, there may also be some disturbance in your neck. If you have pain to the side of your spine lower down (called Sacro-Iliac pain) then you may find your opposite shoulder is not working well.
So when you look to finding the causes of your pain, you need to look further away than just the area of pain.
The areas that you now have pain in, may have been caused by an unbalanced motion in your spine that tires the muscles and creates the pain you have now. The area of pain may not be the only cause.
A common reason why pain struggles to disappear is that although the pain may be centered around your lower back, unless you remove some neck or shoulder tension, it just won’t settle down properly.
What does this mean for your own personal back pain relief regime?
Check muscle tightness in your entire body. It is simple to do initially. Just stretch all the muscles in your upper and lower body and assess which are tight. Stretch those muscles no matter where you have pain.
It is also best to also balance the joints the same way, you need to assess the entire spine including your pelvis. If you have lower back pain, rub your neck and see if you feel any tender spots.
If you have Sacro-Iliac pain rub your opposite shoulder joint and notice if there is pain around the joint.
If so, then you need to look at more than just the site of pain.
Symptom relief is easy, you look at the area of pain, work on some trigger points, stretch a few muscles, and strengthen a couple of weaker muscles and pain eases.
Then it returns…
If you find you are struggling with recurring or chronic back pain then you need to look away from the actual area of pain.
Think of the opposites, back pain relief will remain temporary relief unless you remove all the factors causing it. This may sound like a hard or complicated task, but in most cases a few simple techniques performed once will eliminate the majority of issues.
Don’t be fooled into just looking at the site of pain, even simply checking the areas that move in conjunction with the site of pain can reveal many hidden causes that are easy to correct.
Long lasting back pain relief is a simple process - find the cause, remove symptoms, balance muscles and joints (in your entire body) and finally train your body to stay pain free.