Resources for Back Health
Factors that contribute to back health:
Approximately 80% of adults will experience back pain at some point in their lives. Back pain can result from a number of factors, including genetics, underlying medical conditions, disease, pregnancy, obesity, injury, postural malalignment, physical weakness, and repetitive motions.
Several factors contribute to good back health, including:
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Back health resources:
For chronic back pain, I recommend getting a thorough assessment and then meeting with an osteopathic or functional doctor to create a holistic treatment plan.
Depending on your back issue, you may find relief with physical therapy, acupuncture, therapeutic massage, structural integration, craniosacral therapy and other body work.
There is so much that you can implement right away to improve your back health. You may find one or more of these modalities helpful:
Depending on your back issue, you may find relief with physical therapy, acupuncture, therapeutic massage, structural integration, craniosacral therapy and other body work.
There is so much that you can implement right away to improve your back health. You may find one or more of these modalities helpful:
- Myofascial release (foam roller, therapy balls, etc.; I particularly like the Roll Model Method and the MELT Method)
- Therapeutic Yoga, including Mukunda Stiles' Joint-Freeing Series
- The Egoscue Method
- Gokhale Method
- McKenzie Method, also known as Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT)
- Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS)
- The Feldenkrais Method
- The Alexander Technique
- Foundation Training
- Dr. Stuart McGill's website BackFitPro provides evidence-based information to help prevent and rehabilitate back pain. His book Back Mechanic is hands-down my favorite back pain resource.