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If you wake up every morning and struggle to get out of bed, if you keep a bottle of pain pills on your nightstand, in your car, and sprinkle them like condiments or salt and pepper at every meal – it sounds like you may be suffering like so many others with back pain. Before you sign up for a payment plan with the drug company there are some different ways for you to combat your back pain and provide alternative pain relief.
Better Medicine
One of the first things to do if you are experiencing lower back pain is to try some gentle exercise. This may seem counter-intuitive especially when you are experiencing pain, but exercise can actually help with flexibility, strength and endurance and help reduce the risk of re-injury. As long as you are not in acute pain, participating in aerobic exercises to build up your muscles and give your heart a good workout will be extremely beneficial. Adding in strength training and stretching exercises will make a well-balanced workout and help strengthen your back and again, reduce the chance of injuring your back. Another common method to helping back pain is to see a chiropractor. Chiropractors use spinal manipulation and controlled force to aid in joint mobility. Their methods have been reviewed often and consistently show that chiropractic care combined with exercise significantly reduces back pain.
“Back” to the Future
Once your back starts feeling better it is important to make sure that it stays that way. One constant way to provide healthy support for your back is to be sure to have healthy, supportive seating like a zero gravity recliner. The PC-6 perfect chair is one such example of a zero gravity perfect chair. It provides the optimal angle for comfortable support of the spine and allows you to relax without being in pain. If you need better back support at your work or office the embody chair is another example of a desk chair that keeps your back in alignment and prevents stiffness in the spine and lower back muscles. Since the PC-085 perfect chair or PC-095 perfect chair might be a bit frowned upon in an office setting the embody chair is the best route to take in that regard. Using alternative medicines and treatments may take more time to research and implement, but in return will save you money and the continual pain that a drug regimen requires. The benefits are obvious and help you to be back pain-free!