MY HEALTH RIGHTS » Back Pain http://www.myhealthrights.com Health care is a right Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:52:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Acupuncture Techniques and Chiropractic Care Can Get Rid of Your Back Pain http://www.myhealthrights.com/2009/06/acupuncture-techniques-and-chiropractic-care-can-get-rid-of-your-back-pain/ http://www.myhealthrights.com/2009/06/acupuncture-techniques-and-chiropractic-care-can-get-rid-of-your-back-pain/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:07:17 +0000 admin http://www.myhealthrights.com/2009/06/acupuncture-techniques-and-chiropractic-care-can-get-rid-of-your-back-pain/ It isn’t always requisite for you to find a conventional healing approach if you are experiencing back pain.  As a matter of fact, many times when medical science is unable to help a person overcome pain, some natural techniques have been found to be extremely effective.  Medical techniques, by their nature, tend to treat the symptoms of an affliction, not the source. Whereas, natural techniques look for the fundamental cause of the discomfort.  If you’re interested in experiencing natural techniques that have proved to help back pain and quite a few other afflictions, you don’t need to look any further than chiropractic and acupuncture.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture has been performed in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years.  Nowadays, quite a few people all over the world are finding relief from their back pain and other health challenges by visiting an acupuncturist on a routine basis.  In keeping with traditional Chinese acupuncture therapy, small needles are inserted into the body at distinct points that are said to affect a number of different areas of the body.  Traditionally, only the needles are used, though at times and especially today, small electrical currents are directed through the needles into the body.  Despite the fact that it may seem though it would be painful, it rarely ever is and, actually, almost all people feel tranquil and pleasurable sensations while undergoing acupuncture treatments.

Chiropractic

A Honolulu chiropractor, also called a doctor of chiropractic, has been assisting individuals suffering from back pain and other problems for over a hundred years. A chiropractor cares for people who are suffering from musculoskeletal and nervous system problems. Chiropractic medicine addresses the misalignments of the vertebral column that impede the operation of the nervous system. These misaligned vertebra can lessen resistance and immunity, hence creating new health problems. An effective chiropractor has superior observational and diagnostic skills that help in detecting physical irregularities and joint complications. Many chiropractors employ neurological tests and orthopedic checks. Some will analyze the posture of an individual as a means of identifying postural deviations, and in addition may observe an individuals gait to identify faulty movement patterns. Chiropractic therapy non-surgical, drug-free treatment as well as advice and education about the advantages of individual lifestyle changes, such as in exercise and nutrition.

So, if you have back pain, headaches, neck pain, hip pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, balance challenges, or arthritis, and you’ve tried a number of other things and they haven’t worked, chiropractic and acupuncture may be able to help.  One way to find out  for sure is to make an appointment with a good chiropractor or acupuncturist, and to allow them to clarify for you precisely what they are able to do for you.  It’s very possible that you will experience some relief from your problem even after only one visit.  With subsequent visits, you will maintain your improvements, and you might just determine that these natural treatments work best for your back pain.

 

]]> http://www.myhealthrights.com/2009/06/acupuncture-techniques-and-chiropractic-care-can-get-rid-of-your-back-pain/feed/ 0 Back Pain http://www.myhealthrights.com/2008/07/back-pain/ http://www.myhealthrights.com/2008/07/back-pain/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:09:04 +0000 admin http://www.myhealthrights.com/?p=42 Many people suffer from ongoing back pain and the general approach to ongoing pain is described below. For patients with longstanding back pain there is a an additional emphasis on treating the soft tissue structure associated with back pain including muscle trigger points and the use of acupuncture to deal with local tissue inflammation. This is in addition to the biochemical and other interventions described below.Chronic Back Pain
Chronic back pain implies that the back pain is ongoing pain – pain that persists after the original source of pain or injury has stopped but where full healing and a full return to health has not occurred.
It is important for anyone suffering from chronic pain to obtain an appropriate medical opinion which will usually include an opinion from both their General practitioner and a consultant neurologist or neurosurgeon or other medical specialist as appropriate.
Getting the emotions and stress management right is also important.
For some patients there is a definite benefit from a consultation involving a multi-disciplinary team which will usually include a behavioural psychologist and / or a psychiatrist. This is not to imply that chronic pain is purely psychological but rather to recognise that, if we learn to relax our minds in a deep manner, our sense of relaxation will affect our body chemistry positively. This ‘relaxation response’ is well recognised scientifically and will have a positive effect on neurotransmitters and brain chemistry in general and frequently will contribute very positively on the mind and body.
My approach to chronic pain involves looking very broadly at anything in the body which may be prolonging inflammation or preventing healing and this would include looking at nutritional status, possible food intolerances, any possible role being played by ongoing bowel problems, any evidence of sluggish liver detoxification, hormonal aspects of well-being which may be involved etc. I will also, usually, use advanced acupuncture techniques both to address physical aspects and also ‘mind-body’ aspects (this would include individual tension holding patterns etc.) of the persons pain.
Acupuncture, used at an advanced level, is very potent in chronic pain. For some people who have already tried the ‘talking cure’ sometimes the more direct access to the emotions provided by subtle acupuncture techniques is immensely helpful.
My experience is that this holistic approach frequently has much to offer.
I would like to stress the importance of the patient being guided by their general practitioner and specialist (if also under consultant care). I do not see it as my role to prescribe any analgesic drugs or opiates – the prescribing of any pain-killing drugs is left solely to the patient GP or pain-management doctor.

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