If you have had a medical examination for your lower back pain and no specific cause has been diagnosed what can you do? You may have been told that it is either ‘all in your mind’ or, worse still, be suspected of faking it to get time off work. The problem is that if medical tests cannot find a probable cause it is assumed there is nothing wrong with you. Now this isn’t much use to you is it!

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The problem as I see it is that medical science does not yet recognize what could be a major factor in back pain. This factor, in my opinion, is that most adults, due to stress and the pressures of modern living, have lost ‘the art of natural movement’.

How often are we stuck behind a desk, the wheel of a car or clued to the couch in front of the TV? What is this doing to our backs? We all know that we should be more active but when we exercise can we move as freely and efficiently as we did as young children?

Has your doctor advised exercise? Yes it is true that activity is better than bed rest for your back, but how do you know if you are moving correctly? If posture and the way we move are a cause of lower back pain, are we not making it worse by using our bodies more vigorously?

I would suggest that before you start on an exercise program to help your lower back you should assess how you stand, sit, walk and run. If you can learn to reduce the unnecessary stress many of us place on our lower backs this can go a long way to resolving the problem for many sufferers.

One of the best ways to improve your lower back is muscle re-education to reduce the stresses and strains you unknowingly place upon your body. Learning how to use your body as nature intended can help eliminate or drastically reduce lower back pain. As a teacher of movement and posture re-education I see many people who, once shown a few simple ‘tricks’, are amazed at just how much unnecessary effort they have been using for even the easiest, everyday tasks. Once this has been removed they feel lighter, their movement is freer and the pain just melts away.

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Roy Palmer is a teacher of movement re-education and author of 7 Seconds to Pain Relief, secrets of lasting relief from back, neck & shoulder pain. He has helped back pain sufferers, sports people and performing artists over the last 12 years. He is also the author of three books on the subject of performance enhancement, injury prevention and rehabilitation for athletes.

As you may be aware, spinal decompression will actually pull the discs in your back a bit farther apart.  If you have a slipped disc, or there are bones rubbing against the cartilage, this can provide a good bit of relief.  In some cases, once there is more room between the disc, it may even give swollen support tissues a chance to heal.  This is especially important tot consider if you have arthritis in your back.

Each cell and organ in your body must have a steady supply of oxygen and nutrients.  When that supply is disrupted, you will feel pain, as well as any number of other symptoms.  Interestingly enough, if a nerve is being pressed on, there may also be blood vessels that are being blocked.  Therefore, when spinal discs are manipulated back into their proper location, it gives all of the other tissues a chance to heal and function properly.  As may be expected, cells that have everything they need for survival tend to function better.

When your teeth are not aligned properly, it is very difficult to chew. In addition, your other teeth will wear out much faster because they must do more work in order to compensate. The discs and cartilage in your spine work the same way.  When one part is not aligned properly, it will put more strain on all the other parts.  This, in turn, can lead to excessive cartilage wear, as well as many other problems.  On the other hand, when targeted traction is applied to your spine, the discs that are out of position will once again take up their proper role.  In many cases, this is one of the main reasons why spinal decompression is so effective when it comes to relieving pain for long periods of time.