According to some estimates, nine out of ten adults experience back pain at some point in their lives, making it one of the most common medical complaints in the world. While chronic back pain may be a sign of a more serious medical condition and should be reported to a doctor, there are many all natural remedies for back pain.

Natural Remedies for Back Pain

Exercise

Regular exercise has a number of different benefits when dealing with back pain. Stretching helps loosen tense back muscles and ligaments, while building strength gives you a straighter poster and keeps back problems from compounding. Furthermore, the endorphins released when you exercise act as a natural pain killer so you may find that you feel better immediately after exercising.

Temperature Therapy

Alternating hot and cold compresses is an easy way to treat back pain. First apply a cold pack to the affected area to reduce inflammation and numb the pain. After about ten minutes, switch to a hot pack. Heat stimulates blood flow and brings healing nutrients to the affected area, and also soothes pain in the long run. You should alternate hot and cold several times to achieve the best possible results. Read more »

Does your back pain make you feel uncomfortable, frustrated, and miserable? Each time the pain starts to flare-up, the one thing that you may want to do is just roll into a ball on your bed in hopes that it will eventually go away. While getting rest is a good idea for back pain, there are a lot of other tips that you can use for relieving back pain.

One thing you should start to do when relieving back pain is get into a routine. Before heading to bed, you may want to get into a hot shower, allowing the steam from the water to release some of the tension you may have in your back. After a soothing shower, you can apply some body lotion to your back and rest on a heating pad, which may also offer extra relief. Anything that is warm can provide some instant relief when applied directly to your back.

Once you have applied heat to your back, you should rest on your bed instead of on a chair. As someone who suffers from back pain, it is not a good idea to sleep on your back. The pressure that it can cause may only increase the pain that you feel regularly, which is why it is a better choice to sleep on your side instead. You will be surprised at just how much pain it is possible to relieve by getting into a routine of taking care of your back before you head to bed.

Along with your nighttime routine, you can manage your back pain during the day with assorted exercises. You can carefully stretch your back and then start a simple and short workout routine, such as yoga stances. If you follow these different back pain tips, the discomfort that you feel may go from being unbearable to tolerable. While these tips may not cure back pain completely, they can help you with managing and relieving back pain.

By Dr. James  Lin
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Is chronic pain something that you have had to deal with for many years? If so, you may feel like you are missing out on doing some of the things you enjoy. Some of the physical activities that you were interested in may now seem impossible because the pain may be too much for you to handle. Any medication that you have taken for the pain may only offer temporary relief. The medication may even have caused unwanted side effects too. If you are tired of living this way, there are chronic pain management options you can try.

Learning to manage your pain is important if you want to be able to get through each day without experiencing constant discomfort. One of the first ways you can start managing your pain is through exercise. Although exercising may make you feel uncomfortable when you first get started, especially if you have not performed many physical activities over the past few months, moving your body around gently can provide some relief for the pain you are feeling. It is also a good idea to give aquatic therapy a try, which would allow you to move your body freely in a heated swimming pool to ease your muscles and reduce the pain.  Read more »