08/22/2016
What would you say if upon learning of your chronic lower back pain, I wrote you a prescription to help alleviate the pain? Only you can't have this prescription filled by any pharmacist or drug company. Actually this prescription has nothing to do with medication at all. What if the prescription simply read "MOVEMENT?"
Every day I meet with people in all avenues of my career as a health care provider, most of whom suffer from the same chief complaint, back pain. Back pain can be extremely debilitating, and affects many aspects of normal everyday life. While it's easy to know that our backs in fact are in pain, what we fail to explore is the real reasons as to why. What have we been doing that has negatively affected our postural integrity of the way we walk, run, sit, and sleep? We are quick to find solutions to our pain in anti-inflammatory medication and other medications seeking to mask and manage pain. And while pain management is an important factor in helping the human body to recover and heal, correcting the way in which our body physically works and focusing on how efficently one's body works is the only way to promote long term physical, functional health and wellness. Therefore, the prescription is simple. Having aches and pains? Get MOVING!!!
