Holistic Health For Backache

Back Pain Is Complicated

Back pain is an exasperating problem that can disable your day-to-day life. It can be extremely debilitating. There are hundreds of options some even as severe as surgery. However, there are simpler options which are light on the purse and where you don’t have to go under the knife.

Before you decide on the best course of treatment, diagnose the causes of backache. The symptoms may be one but causes many. For instance, the reason could be angina, menstrual problems, pregnancy, the use of epidural, spondilitis, sprain, slip disk, the reasons are endless, but the line of treatment will differ.

There Are Alternatives

Traditional allopathic medicine has always been the easiest and most familiar. The problem with traditional medicine is it often uses drugs and surgery to solve its problems. Some alternative methods have not only been as effective, but also have removed the cause of the problem. Some are simple home-made remedies. Here are a few of them.

Fomentation: Hot water filled in rubber pouches when placed on the area that hurts causes the blood vessels to expand. Pain is always caused when blood vessels constrict. This is a simple remedy but can ease pain only when it’s due to minor sprain or even back ache during menstruation. If the pain persists, it’s wise to try other remedies.

Massage: This again is a simple remedy. But the masseur should know how to give a massage. Pressing hard or kneading the back area can worsen the problem. Especially if pain is due to slip disk, kneading the area can dislocate the slipped disk further and render the risk of a permanent handicap!

A simple massage, where light techniques are used along with fomentation, should ease pain. However if pain persists, it’s wise to consult the physician. Massaging is a technique which removes excess lymph and inflammation, thereby allowing easy flow of blood.

Among different massages, you have the Swedish, the Thai and the Indian Ayurvedic one. An Ayurvedic doctor will consider your medical history, ascertain causes, offer diet advice and then select the best massage technique meant to relieve backache.

Acupressure: This ancient Chinese technique has a cure for almost every problem including backache. Try this simple step. Apply pressure at the inner folds of knees. Press these points for three minutes. Once you know the causes, trying it at home yourself also is a safe option. This usually never has a side-effect. Nevertheless an expert in acupressure can always be consulted.

Reiki: Reiki is an ancient Japanese healing technique which has gained global prominence. It’s a slightly animistic approach where, everything in the universe, including inanimate objects vibrates with energy. Living beings like animals and humans vibrate and even reflect energy. When there’s an imbalance in this energy, it causes disease and even pain.

But our palms also radiate healing energy. Reikhi masters program practitioners to heal by radiating healing energy. This does not involve direct contact with the skin. The practitioner heals by passing energy from a distance of about few centimeters. All kinds of ache including backache are cured by Reiki.

Distance Reiki is used to heal patients, where the patient and the healer need not even be present in front of each other. Sometimes both are absolute strangers. Reiki is a safe mode, sans any side effects.

Yoga: Yoga undoubtedly is the lubricant that smoothens the wheel of life. From aches and pains to offering psychological comfort, it is the panacea to all conditions. Beware that yoga should not be tried when you’re suffering from severe backache. Once you cure yourself through alternative methods, you should resort to yoga so that the problem does not recur.

Hypnotherapy: If despite trying all alternatives, the pain doesn’t subside or recurs, you still have the option of hypnotherapy. In regression etc, the hypnotherapist takes you to another lifetime, where you learn about the causes of the pain. After re-experiencing the pain, patients have miraculously reported that they’ve been cured!

There’re simpler versions of hypnotherapy which one can try at home. Like the gate-control theory of pain wherein patients command the brain to think there’s no pain. Gradually, the pain either subsides or disappears. This is especially useful when you’re at work and cannot attend to the pain.

About The Author

Joel Newman is a health writer and expert in holistic healing techniques. Presently, he is into research on hgh and GenF20