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Hypnosis Bay Area

January 23rd, 2009 | Author:

Hypnosis Bay Area

I am constantly amazed by the number of people, even medical practitioners, still advising and using heat! Where have they been over the last decade...Mars? I have suffered from neck pain, back pain, and sciatica for 30 years now, since 1970. It has only been in the last few months that I have achieved anything close to complete and lasting pain relief! For years I struggled with operation after operation until I'd lost all hope of ever waking up in the morning without some sort of neck pain, back pain and/or sciatica.

By the end of most days?

Well, if we could have put a cherry picker, one of those machines they use to lift car engines out of the engine compartment, in the living room to get me up out of the recliner and into bed, we would have had the super deluxe model! Needless to say, I was in the worst possible shape just before the dawn, as they say. Having overcome an advanced case of osteomyelitis, with a myriad of associated health consequences, I was still in very bad shape a year ago now, 2008. In fact, they really weren't too sure I was going to make it. I was in dire straits and in more pain than any human being should ever have to endure. If you have ever had spine surgery? Imagine the pain when you first woke up in the recovery room and multiply it exponentially! I am not being melodramatic, I'm attempting to give you a real sense of the incredible pain I was in, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. I was depressed, addicted, and without hope. In other words, I was at the end of my rope...literally and figuratively! As time goes on, I will share a bit more of that story. However, for now I want to talk about something that helped me in a way few other bad back strategies have....

ICE!

That's right! Ice! Many medical practitioners have come to understand that ice, not heat, is the proper treatment strategy in 95% of all instances of neck pain, back pain and/or sciatica. You see, when you are experiencing neck pain, back pain and/or sciatica, in fact any kind of pain, acute or chronic, it is usually due to inflammation or swelling. The inflammation and/or swelling may be affecting many areas or it may be limited to one specific area. Pain may have a single etiology or cause, or it may be the result of a myriad of factors working in concert. For example, a herniated disc may cause nerve impingement, the nerve impingement causes inflammation, the inflammation causes swelling, the swelling causes muscle spasms, and the muscles spasms, as anyone who has had back pain can tell you, can be extremely painful. Trace the pain back and it may be possible to interrupt the pain continuum, the back pain complex, at any point along the continuum of cascading reactions leading to the ultimate expression of pain, and in this case neck pain, back pain and/or sciatica.

But they've been using heat for years!

Exactly! And it doesn't work! You see, when you use heat, you allow increased blood flow, leading to increased swelling, which leads to increased pain levels. Instead of interrupting the continuum, by introducing heat, you actually enhance its ultimate expression and contribute to more inflammation, swelling, muscle cramps and spasms, and, ultimately, pain. While the use of heat may be psychologically soothing, allowing for a temporary feeling of relief, as a long term, efficient and effective back pain treatment strategy, it is ineffective and may actually exacerbate the problem. Unless the pain is psychosomatic or psychogenic in origin, by using heat you may be making the problem worse, the reaction of the body may be an intense re-action, intensifying the pain instead of allowing for much needed relief.

Ultimately, the decision to use heat or ice is a personal one. However, if you want real and lasting relief, relief that will allow you to function all day and sleep at night, ice is the best neck pain, back pain, and sciatica treatment strategy. For relief in minutes, place an ice compress, either an ice-compression brace or a plastic bag wrapped in a thin towel, over the affected area and keep it in place for at least 30 minutes. Once removed, allow 30 minutes and then repeat, making sure that with each application you are exposing the entire area to ice, as well as an area on all sides wide enough to ensure adequate coverage. By making sure you cover the entire area, and a significant portion of the non-affected area, you will achieve optimal results. I can't tell you how many times I have fallen asleep with my brace still on, the relief can be that quick and complete. So, as a bad back strategy, heat should be avoided in almost every case. Ice is the best strategy for quick and complete relief from neck pain, back pain, and sciatica.

For further information and an intelligent program of treatment for neck pain, back pain, and sciatica, what I refer to as the "back pain complex" try the program below:

http://www.TheBackPainGuy.info

For additional resources dealing with neck pain, back pain, and sciatica, including additional treatment plans and a community for support; an awesome resource for New Balance running shoes, great for heel cushioning and a must for anyone suffering from neck pain, back pain, and/or sciatica; ice-compression braces, crucial for inflammation and swelling; orthotics for the times when the New Balance can't be worn; and, natural anti-inflammatories for the back pain complex:

Go to:

http://www.UltimateBadBackStrategies.com

John P. Zajaros, Sr., The Bad Back Guy

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