9 Tips To Soothe Back Pain

December 31, 2008 by soreback · Comments Off 

TIPS, TRICKS AND TECHNIQUES THAT YOUR DOCTOR WILL NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT
Maybe you’ve already considered putting heat on your back and try to exercise when you can.  You’re not a fan of medication or have a sensitive stomach so you’re not going to keep popping pills every time your back hurts.  So now what?  You’re just out of luck?

Fortunately there are many small tips, tricks and techniques you can consider when dealing with back pain.  Because these tips and tricks aren’t exactly what you would call exact medical science your doctor will probably never mention these things to you.  There are reasons behind each of these tips and techniques and we’ll try to explain each of them to you.

THE BASKETBALL TRICK

Your muscles are cramped and stiff and nothing seems to work.  You can stretch and stretch but they’re just not loosening up.  Now what?

Get yourself a basketball and put it on a flat surface such as your living room floor.  Make sure you’ve moved the furniture out of the way, and lay down on it and roll it around the area of the back.

Sound strange?  A basketball is nice and stiff, unlike a volleyball or Pilates ball or other type of ball, and so it presses against those muscles.  As you roll yourself on the basketball it’s forcing those muscles to be loosened just like a good massage.  It can also work to increase the blood circulation in the back which of course helps to get the muscles healed on their own.

You might find that you eventually push the air right out of the basket ball as you do this and you can either pump it back up or buy a new one but this is a small price to pay for getting some relief on your back.  And remember, you need to use a basketball and not something soft that’s going to collapse under your weight.

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INVERSION

Because the back muscles need to work when you’re standing or even sitting, you need to get all the pressure off that area of your body in order for the muscles and nerves to heal themselves.  How can you do that?

Some doctors prescribe their patients a system of counterweights for a person to hang from.  You may have seen this type of contraption that you put over a room door and literally hang yourself from; these things work but can be difficult to use and somewhat dangerous for those who live alone!

A better idea is to put yourself in a chair or position that gets your feet up and relieves the pressure from your hip area.  If you can purchase a recliner get one that reclines far enough that your feet are higher than your hips.  Putting yourself on a couch where you can drape your feet over the arms of the couch can also help.

Remember that you need to alleviate the pressure on the area of your hips so your legs and feet need to be that high to do so.  A footstool is not going to do the trick but an inversion table will.

PROP YOURSELF UP WHILE SLEEPING

The body can go through so many distortions while sleeping – it’s estimated by many doctors that a person changes positions some 32 times during the night, or once every 15 minutes!  Since we’re not conscious of these changes it’s no wonder that we may contort ourselves into something painful without realizing it, or may tense up during sleep and not allow ourselves to relax in any way.

This is probably one reason why so many people wake up in pain – they are very tense when they go to sleep and this tension affects their body positions while sleeping.

Many have found that elevating their feet can help to alleviate the tension in their back and to keep them in a position that is more at ease during the night.  It’s very hard to curl up into a tense little ball when your feet are propped up!

This can be as easy as putting a few books under the feet of your bed or the mattress.  You can use pillows and cushions but these have a tendency to slide.  There are also props for the bed you can buy at a home supply store as well.

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