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Does Conventional Medicine Know How To treat Back Pain?

By: Rob Anesly

Of course, conducting such a large study is not easy as there are many different factors that need to be taken into consideration. What sort of treatment was already given What was the quality and experience of the therapists used? Did the subjects all have the same cause of back pain? Did they carry out the exercises or instructions as supposed to?

This last question is the biggest one in my view. All courses of back pain treatment normally require some sort of exercise or instruction on how to sit, stand or move to help reduce the stress on the back. But are we capable of following this advice? Most therapists in conventional medicine make the assumption that we can.

However, if back pain is not due to a specific medical condition it is usually a muscular problem. The human body is perfectly able to supporting itself with minimal muscular effort. Postural muscles are 'designed' to provide extended periods of sustained activity to keep us upright and balanced. The phasic muscles, or movement muscles are for short bursts of activity such as lifting your arm or turning your head. This is a bit of a simplification because all muscles actually provide a combination of both functions but it will do for this example.
It's accepted opinion, back pain and other muscular-skeletal problems can occur when we 'misuse' our body, or in other words use the wrong muscles to sit, stand and move. If we're not moving properly In our daily activities, we're going to do similar actions when trying to perform corrective exercises.

I see lots of people who tighten their lower back muscles to sit and stand up straight - these are the wrong muscles! They must not be active to keep you upright, this should be a function performed by muscles higher up that will balance your upper body on your spine.

So if anyone suffering with their back is not 'using' themselves correctly how are they suddenly supposed to appreciate how to use it right for exercising or trying to put right their posture? This is the reason I believe conventional back pain treatment doesn't offer the best solution.

Physical therapy, osteopathic, chiropractic and acupuncture treatments do get results and it is right that people get a diagnosis and initial help from a fully qualified practitioner. In the short-term, manipulative treatment will help to get you moving and back onto your feet. However, these therapies are not a long-term solution because they very rarely get to the cause of 'misuse'

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Back pain treatment is a hotly debated topic. Every week you can read at the very least one research study that claims a popular, conventional treatment is ineffective. Even the most established treatments such as physical therapy do not escape the headlines. Just recently researchers at Warwick University (UK) found that one single session just offering advice to back pain sufferers brought about the same results as six weeks of physiotherapy!

You can get relief from back, neck, and shoulder pain in just 7 seconds by following the advice given here by Roy Palmer MSTAT NDT(INPP) who has spent over 12 years helping thousands of people successfully relieve pain in their back, neck and shoulders. Back Pain Review has had many recommendations for his work and his Natural Health approach is commendable.

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