What Happened? My back hurts.

A lot of people who come in to see me come for muscular tightness in their lower or upper back. Many have pain; loss of mobility and all have a sense of frustration at their plight. Would you believe that many of these patients are young people?

So many young people injure themselves by being active in sports, don’t get me wrong being active in sports is great, and I will talk about it in a future post, accidents or just by misusing their backs. Backs can’t do it all and certainly can’t take the abuse we subject them to nowadays.

The problem starts for many in school. How so? - you ask, well think about it for a minute. What do most of us do most of the day while we are getting through 12 or more years of school? Answer - we are sitting. Not only are we sitting but we are sitting in uncomfortable chairs and desks or tables in classrooms. We then go out for recess or extra-curricular activities such as sports or crafts or music. If you go for sports, you are getting some exercise but you were probably not trained by your coach to take care of yourself. How many coaches take you past rudimentary stretching, if that? How many teach you how to prevent injuries or what to do in case you are injured? Have they taken their young charges and taught the warming-up and cooling down techniques? From what I see it is doubtful.

What continues the problem is that your working now and your job has you sitting at your desk, in your car, or wherever and you just bent over to do something or you did some yard work, snow shoveling and now you are in pain. What are you to do now? Another important question is what can you do to prevent this from reoccurring in the future?

Well I can help answer those questions. After doing a thorough intake and exam I will devise a treatment strategy just for you. I will use my knowledge and experience and ability to combine acupuncture and massage therapy to get you out of pain and moving again. I will then devise a course of care so that you maintain your pain-free status. Of course as with any treatment a lot of the prevention of future problems will depend on you! You will be the one who will have to follow through on my recommendations and you will have to be the one responsible for taking care of yourself.

So if you are tired of being in pain, check out the video testimonials by people just like you, Elliot, Emily and Sara and then call my office to schedule your appointment. Let’s get you better.