Most back pain is felt as inflammation. A dull burning pain across a large area, usually at or above the waist. Sometimes the pain will begin to extend itself into the buttocks and hip area, but it is still centered at the waist.
It’s the kind of pain that bring tears to your eyes when you tie your shoe or put on a pair of pants. It severely cramps your lifestyle and limits what you can do.
But it can be beaten, and without going to a doctor or chiropractor. It takes a little self discipline and a desire to control the outcome of your future. The formula is simple enough.
First, do an extension exercise. Preferably it should be lying down. After that, do a flexing exercise. Standing and bending forward is ok, but stresses the back more than some exercises. Pulling yourself into a ball is less stressful and works better.
Immediately after the exercises, find a way to invert yourself. Not hang upside down, but inversion at a mild angle. A sheet of plywood propped up on a cinder block is a good level to start your inversion.
All that is left is to strengthen the muscles and you will achieve freedom from back pain forever. A simple barbell exercise like the dead lift will do that for you, but you must not do them before your pain has almost entirely gone.
To keep your back in top shape, in fact before it can get there, you must correct your posture. Keep your abdominal muscles flexed and supporting your spine from the front, while flexing your butt muscles to pull your hips forward and into the strongest position to support the back.
Most of all, you have to make a commitment to what you are doing. Find a treatment you believe in and don’t look back. Give your back what it needs to beat the inflammation and pain. Your body will do the rest on its own.
