If you are doing a job where you sit at a desk 8 hours a day 5 days a week there is one thing that is almost assured. The first time you help someone move house or spend the day digging out that tree stump you have been meaning to get rid of for years, you will have back ache the next day.
Back ache has been used as an excuse not to go to so many family weddings or those boring lunches that now many people just won’t believe you when you said you have excruciating pain. Because back pain is not visible and everyone has it to one level or another at some time in their life it doesn’t always get treated with the same respect of other medical problems.
How long have you had back pain? If you have only had it a couple of days and know what the cause is, maybe you moved a heavy piece of furniture or played a far to vigorous game of tennis, then the chances are you can have a hot bath take some pain killers and go to bed. When you wake up in the morning you should feel the muscles in your back reacting with less pain.
Your first stop should always be your general practitioner and you could ask him if he knows any chiropractors locally, the chances are he won’t be able to recommend any but it is worth asking. Your next port of call could be friends and family. Many chiropractors are extremely busy so do not leave it till the last minute to call for an appointment.
Facing up to the reality that your pain is not a temporary passing phase is an important thing. Once you accept that the pain won’t go just because you pop a few more pills before bed you are ready to start changing your lifestyle so you can fix whatever is causing the pain.
Changing your eating habits, your exercise habits or the way you sit doesn’t sound like something that would stop your back pain but they are all things that have been known to contribute to peoples back pain. They are also relatively easy things to work on, the end result could be a life free of back pain which has to be worth it.
