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Alternative Ways To Help Alleviate Back Pain

  • January 1, 2020
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Back PainDealing with back pain can be a miserable experience, especially if it lasts for a long time. Although it can usually come and go, it can still affect and interfere with your day-to-day activities. Whether it’s an aching neck or persistent spasms, back pain can cause many struggles in your life. Because of this, you should do something for it to be resolved as soon as you can.

Thankfully, there are many alternative ways to consider that can help you alleviate back pain. Keep reading this article to learn more about these ways.

Follow An Anti-Inflammatory Diet

In some cases, there are diets that can cause inflammation, mainly if it includes foods that are high in trans fats, processed foods, and refined sugars. Primarily, inflammation refers to the natural response of your body to safeguard yourself from harm, which is a well-known cause of back pain.

For that reason, talk to your doctor and see if your current diet can lead to chronic pain. If the answer is yes, then start changing your diet by eating foods that can fight inflammation. These may include fruits and vegetables such as carrots, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, spinach, collards, and many more.

Use Non-Surgical Alternative Treatments

When we say alternative treatments, they’re usually known as non-surgical ways of alleviating back pain. These may include massage, acupuncture, and even wearing a comfort back brace. First, massaging a tense muscle at the back can be one of the best treatments to relieve pain. It can help improve back function, reduce days staying in bed, and decrease the use of anti-inflammatory medications.

Second, acupuncture is also worth a try when it comes to alleviating back pain. This refers to a technique that involves the insertion of tiny needles into the body to stimulate and reduce pain in the back. Lastly, wearing back support apparel, particularly a copper back brace for relief, can also be an excellent option. It can provide you with comfortable compression, which is ideal for support and recovery of the lumbar and lower back areas.

Get Some Exercise

Generally, exercise is one of the best alternative ways to fight back pain. Under the supervision of your doctor and therapist, getting some exercise can help reduce pain and recover faster.

However, when it comes to your exercise options, be sure to avoid excessive squatting, jumping, or any movements that may cause back pain. Instead, follow a moderate-intensity workout. Once you’re done, spend two to three minutes stretching by lying flat on your back and embracing your knees to remove any tension caused by the workout.

Have A Healthy Weight

Having extra weight can cause back pain. Thus, it’s highly advised to achieve a healthy weight to alleviate backaches, which are triggered by a strain in your back muscles and spine. Even if losing weight can be a challenging task to do, doing so can significantly reduce the symptoms of back pain, thereby eliminating any need for surgery and other medications. But if you’re having a hard time losing weight, you can contact your physician or dietician to help you.

Adjust The Way You Sleep

The way you sleep can also cause back pain. That’s why if you’re looking for an alternative way of reducing back pain, it’s essential to adjust how you sleep. For instance, you can spend a few nights sleeping on the floor with a pillow placed underneath your feet or placing a pillow between your knees to help relax your muscles more.

However, if you’re the kind of person who sleeps on your stomach, you should know that it’s not good for your back. If it’s the only way that you can fall asleep, you can put a pillow below your abdomen and pelvis to avoid straining your back.

Try Yoga

Regardless of the extent of your back pain, practicing yoga can be a significant way of reducing the symptoms. In most cases, it’s about stretching your back muscles to decrease the pressure that can happen in the lower spine, causing extreme pain. Also, you can try other yoga techniques such as the pigeon pose, the stretching out of extensors and hip flexors, and tilting of the pelvis under to reduce back pressure and strain.

Final Thoughts

When it comes to dealing with back pain, surgical procedures should only be applied in cases when you suffer from severe conditions. This is the reason why there’s a variety of alternative treatments to choose from to treat strains in your back muscles and spine.

So, if you’re suffering from back pain right now, try these alternatives, and if they don’t work, visit your personal physician for some medical advice. 

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  1. Holly Keyes says:
    January 6, 2020 at 9:10 pm

    Thanks for sharing this. I have always wanted to practice yoga. This will get me starting.

  2. Weednews says:
    April 1, 2020 at 3:42 am

    Your advice is very useful! Last year my grandfather started to suffer from back pain. We are on the road to recovery, we will try these methods. Plus, I came across an article about the best CBD oil brands, so we decided to try it too. We made the order a long time ago, and now my grandfather is on the mend. Be healthy! Have a nice day!

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