Have you been told by your primary care doctor to take some painkillers and come back in a few weeks? . . . OR just rest and take it easy for a few weeks?
If that’s happening to you, you’re not alone - and we hear this all the time. In fact, Lower Back Pain and Sciatica are the most common problem that we treat.
And when it comes to living with back pain, everybody we see wants to know
Most people think that when they get Back Pain, it’s just going to go away on its own.
Most people think that when they get back pain, the pain is going to go away on its own. That they’ll wake up one morning and like “magic”, it’ll be as if it never happened. Keeping taking painkillers and/or muscle relaxants to ease the pain out but it doesn’t go away month after month
Maybe you are confused because you’ve been told different things, by different people. Maybe you think you have to live with this pain all your life and just give up? .
Maybe you think your back pain was caused by doing something - like lifting or sleeping awkwardly - but really it was caused by years and years of poor posture that caused the muscles in your l​ower back to become weak and the lifting of the awkward sleeping position was just the EFFECT of that.
If you don’t know what you’re doing - back pain can be very confusing and because of this, many people just end up accepting it as ‘part of life’ - as if it’s normal, and ‘just the way it is.
1.You thought it would go away on its own - but it didn’t
2.You went to the Doctor who told you to rest and take painkillers - but the pills did nothing to help, and as soon as they wore off back Pain and stiffness struck again
3.A family member, or friend, told you that everybody gets back pain as they get older, so you just accepted it
4.You tried to get help from other Healthcare Professionals or a Physical therapist in the past, but nothing they said or did seemed to help
5.You’ve tried using things like heat pads or TENS but they’ve done nothing to help you feel better or they had just temporary effect to hide the pain and it came back again.
6.You thought it would be a good idea to rest because your back pain was so bad, but it still irritates you daily
7.You decided to get a few “massages” hoping that would fix the pain, but all they did was feel nice and relaxing, and didn’t do anything to fix it long term…