When my back pain first started over thirty years ago I thought that with a good nights sleep the pain would go away.Well thirty years ago it did but not any more.
From about twenty years ago my back pain has got worse and worse. I had a slipped disk which a surgeon wanted to operate on . Just chop off the bit of the disk which was protuding out onto the sciatica nerve. Does the word sciatica sound familar to anyone. Anyway I went to a chiropractor who gave me a lot of massage and manipulations. The disk slipped back in to its rightful position and the back pain was gone......for a while.
As anyone with a back problem knows it always comes back the pain that is.
Massage,stretches,bend your knees when lifting,more massage and being very careful around heavy objects.
I wanted a cure, I wanted a strong back, I wanted to have no more back pain when I got tired, I wanted to be able to do things without that pain.
Well after many years of looking and trying I think I might have found an answer. My wife suggested I try a stretching exercise from a yoga teacher. I looked at the photo and thought I can't do that but I gave it a try. My technique is a bit rough but the results have been great.
Even though I still cannot do the stretch as the yoga master does the improvement in my health has been amazing. No more lower back pain. I have been doing five minutes of stretches every day for five months now and I feel great. Why did I not find this out years ago?
