As all readers of this back pain blog will know by now, I am quite a fan of natural remedies. Not that I have anything against prescription medicines. Everything has it's place. But I definitely feel that natural methods are always worth a try.
So, when I chanced upon this article on Ivillage.com I thought I would pass it on. In it David Leopold M.D. from the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, California, describes ten natural methods you can try to ease your back pain. He also doesn't have a problem with conventional treatments such as muscle relaxants and anti-inflammatories, but says they can often have side effects.
He starts off by stating that the very first you need to do before anything else is to rule out any serious underlying conditions such as spinal or nerve injury that might be causing your back problems. Having gotten a clean bill of health, you can then try natural remedies.
I'm not going to list them all on this post, they are comprehensively dealt with in the article, which you can find here. Some, like myself, you will undoubtedly have heard of, but I'll bet there are one or two that will be new to you. Avocado-Soybean Unsaporifiables for instance. That's a new one one to me, as well as botanical anti-inflammatories.
Anyway, check it out, you just might find something useful for your backache.
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