Home treatments, faith and belief are the
first steps in the treatment of low back pain. It's important to believe that becoming depressed and giving in to low back pain will not assist in the recovery,
but perhaps even more importantly, always have faith in yourself.
Talk
is cheap, how good is bed rest? Bed rest is a treatment method that has
unproven value, in general most experts suggest at the most two days of bed
rest or decreased activity. If you are a suffer of sciatica, two or four days of
bed rest may be necessary. Constant bed rest though will result in depression, blood
clots of the legs, and the loss of muscle tone.
The first treatment
of low back pain is with the assumption the pain will go away on its own. That is unfortunatly not true.
Many treatment methods are used, some are
useful, others have little or questionable value, I have included some in this
writing:
- Although the reason for using ice and
heat haven't been proven effective, but they aren't harmful. Remember, you
don't have to feel pain with treatment, never use a heating pad on high or put
ice in contact with your skin.
- Hold your life together and never give
in to pain, you should resume normal activities as soon as possible, don't try
stretching or activities that could do more harm than good.
- For pleasure and comfort try sleeping
with a pillow between the knees while lying on one side or while lying on your
place a pillow under your knees.
- If you have acute low back pain,
unfortunately low back exercises aren't suggested. Though if you have chronic low back
pain, strengthening exercises will be helpful to return to normal activities and
work.
- To hold your life together, using
nonprescription medications may bring you success. Taking away all the risks, some medications have proved to be useful : Ibuprofens such as Advil,
Nuprin, or Motrin are available and they are great for the short-term treatment
of low back pain. Also Tylenol may be useful.
Of course, talking with your doctor before using these medications may minimize the risk of ulcers and gastrointestinal bleeding.
- A bit of knowledge, topical agents such as deep-heating rubs aren't
useful in treating low back pain.
- Muscle relaxants have little or no
useful effects, their use may cause drowsiness. A muscle relaxant shouldn't be recommended as choice for medication.
- It is possible to have a better tomorrow using Opioid analgesics, they
are used for pain control in acute low back pain. But there exists some serious side effect
such as developing a dependence, sedation, decreased reaction time, nausea,
clouded judgment, and constipation. There is no pie in the sky, their use does
not speed recovery.
- To help hold your life together, oral steroids has benefits in treating
acute sciatica
- A good choice to give life its quality again, is the spinal manipulation and chiropractic care. This type of treatment is generally safe and useful for acute low
back pain. Acute injury comes from lifting or moving the
back into an awkward position. These types of injuries lasts no more than six
weeks and will get better on its own. Unfortunately with chronic low back pain, the
relief is only for a short period.
- Transcutaneous electric nerve
stimulation is electrical stimulation through surface electrodes. There is no
sun without rain and as for acute low back pain this method has no proven benefit, but for chronic pain, there is still conflicting evidence regarding its usefulness as
a treatment method.
- Why not using acupuncture as an
option for treatment? You may be on the correct path, my research has revealed that positive results were achieved with it.
We just discussed here low back pain
treatment as well as other back pains. I don't want you to take my word for it, I want
doers. After reading these informations, try one treatment method, and continue
until you find the one that works for you. Finally, if your pain persists, consult your
physician.
