Remedies for Lower Back Pain Relief

Do you experience lower back pain? What remedies have you tried to relief the pain?

For many people, there’s no single or certain cure for lower back pain. It often takes a process of trial and error to find what actually works best for their condition. Traditionally, medical approach is focused on addressing the anatomical problems in your lower back. But for others, more of the multi-faceted approach will do a better job that keeping the pain at bay.

Below are ways which are often overlooked in a traditional medical model yet can be a remedy for lower back pain:

1. Release your inner endorphins

Endorphins are hormones made naturally in your body. Once they are released, they help block pain signals from registering in your brain. Endorphins also help alleviate stress, anxiety and depression which are all associated with chronic back pain.

Aerobic exercise, meditation and massage therapy are activities which help in releasing your endorphins.

2. Get enough sleep

Inadequate sleep adds up to those factors making your lower back pain worse. That is why it is best for you to address your sleep problems too.

3. Exercise your core

The muscles in your abs and back play a critical role in supporting your lower spine. During a normal day, these muscles don’t get a good workout. They need to be specifically targeted through exercise.

4. Soothe the pain with cold and/or hot

Don’t ever underestimate the power of cold or hot packs in alleviating your pain. Cold therapy helps in reducing inflammation. It acts as a local anaesthetic – by slowing down nerve impulses which keep the nerve from spasming and causing pain. Heat therapy stimulates the blood flow which brings healing nutrients to the affected area of the low back.

5. Stretch your hamstrings twice daily

If your hamstring muscles are too tight, your lower back and sacroiliac joints will be stressed leading to more pain. Hamstring stretch should be done carefully and at least twice a day.

6. Engage your brain

The way your brain interpret and process pain signals place an important role on how you perceive your pain. You can actually develop the skills for your brain to reduce or ignore the pain signals. Find activities that make you happy. Anything that you can do for yourself as a natural anti-depressant will help.

Even if you think you are feeling or experiencing an extreme pain, we encourage that you remember the simple things you can do for yourself to help heal, get stronger and healthier.

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