Stop Siatica & Back Pain - Back Health & Exercise Course Lesson 1
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Hello and welcome to the first lesson of your Back Health & Exercise Course.
This course is designed to help you stop your siatica and back pain and build a strong healthy back.
Fact: More than 80% of us will experience back pain at some point in our lives. In fact, you might be sitting reading this going "Ow, my back hurts today" (in which case this is just the course for you!)
The factors that increase the risks of you experiencing back pain, or sciatica, include common conditions such as:
- Being overweight
- Sitting or driving for long periods (especially with an incorrect posture) without a stretch or a walk
- Smoking
- Heavy lifting
- Repeating incorrect movement patterns over and over
- Delusional tendencies about your age and capabilities e.g. Swinging from ropes in tall trees and pretending you're Tarzan, or if you're like my husband, insisting on playing soccer way past your use by date.
Now, many people believe that most back pain is caused by a slipped disc, but in fact less than 5% of lower back pain results from slipped discs. (A slipped disc refers to a disc that has either ruptured, or moved out of the correct position in your spine.) In fact, most back pain is caused by the muscles in your spine "seizing up", or going into spasm and putting pressure on the surrounding tisues and nerves.
Why do they do this?
It's an automatic protective mechanism that is triggered when your nervous system detects what it thinks is a threat to your back or spine. E.g. the moment you put down your walking frame and say I'm climbing that tree to make out like Tarzan, your back might say "Oh no you don't - I'll show you".
And before you know it you're bent over double, making noises like alligators mating. The "seizing up" is really your back bracing itself against what it thinks is a threat of injury.
Lesson #1: The best ways you can help yourself are:
1. Change the behaviour and movement patterns that are contributing to your back pain, because this will probably reduce the number of times your back pain recurs. This could be as simple as getting up from your desk or workbench every 20 minutes and walking around for 30 seconds.
If you drive long distances, stop your vehicle once an hour, get out and walk around it once then carry on with your trip.
The same with flying long distance, get out of your seat every hour or so and walk up and down the plane. Basically, just give your back a "break" and a vary your movements.
In fact, if you listen closely enough , you'll get to hear your back say "Hey Buddy, give me a break!". These breaks mean your back is much less likely to locked into a painful pattern.
2. Start an exercise routine that strengthens and "reprograms" the supporting muscles in and around your back to behave differently. (Whenever we suggest exercise we always ask you to read our disclaimer first, which you can find at the bottom of every lesson.)
If you want to find a system that has a better than 97% chance of healing your sciatica and back pain, check out The Better Back System The Better Back System uses a set of unique exercises to loosen and strengthen your back. The results can be amazingly good in a very short period of time.
Let's end this lesson with some good news: Fewer than one person in a thousand who experience back pain will need surgery. In the next lesson we'll talk more about how your back works and some simple things you can to look after it.
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