Hi. Richard, here. An associate brought it to my attention recently that pain, or the perception thereof, can actually be due to one's state of mind — sometimes.
I'm not usually inclined to subject myself to the claim that back pain is "all in your head" as my experience has proven otherwise; however, I do know that my state of mind can make a difference. Much of my pain is muscular (due to inflammation from various injuries), and if I am tense or worried or upset for some reason (and it's an easy state to get in these days given the state of the world, this country and the economy, no?), I know my pain, or the perception thereof, can worsen.
So… having been reminded of this, and having already recommended BrainSync, I've decided it's probably appropriate to recommend another resource.
I've had some positive experience with this, so this isn't just out of the blue. Wendi.com now uses some of the same brain entrainment techniques, or at least similar, as those that BrainSync uses, and I have found her recordings very relaxing, and sometimes helpful with the pain.
There's a lot more available than just healing and back pain relief, some of which can also help with pain, such as sleeping better, losing weight, dealing with depression, etc., so I've decided to just link to the site rather than the specific back pain relief product. The site's fairly easy to navigate, so if you're primarily interested in back pain relief, you shouldn't have any trouble finding that or other related programs:
As for my situation, I may be headed for more surgery. It hasn't helped so far, but some technician thinks they've found something in my latest MRI. I'd hate to think that much of my suffering has been due to all those other technicians missing something obvious in the past, but whatever.
Anyway… I'll be headed to another doc soon for another evaluation, and if surgery is in the offing, I guess I'll consider it. Who knows, maybe I'll be able to dedicate more time and energy to this site one of these days…
Wish me luck, and of course I wish you much luck with your pain as well.
Richard D. Farley / Back-Pain-Therapy.com
For those who may be interested, we thought we’d post this as a potential informational resource from our founder (click on the image to go to the site). There is a fair amount of information that is available for free, a free report, and an ebook that is reasonably priced.
We realize we’ve been a little slow about adding more information and resources. We are currently in negotiations with medical professionals to add more content, and of course, we are all always busy with other projects. Nevertheless, we do still hope to be improving the site and, in the very near future, to be adding resources and information you will find useful. Meanwhile, we have created a sign-up form for our founder’s e-book that we believe some of our visitors may be interested in.
Yes, Richard is writing an e-book, among other things, even now, but he wants it to be as useful as possible to his readers so he is taking his time on it and giving its content considerable thought. It may be a little while, but when finished, it will be 100% free and is expected to include some of his personal experience and philosophy, as well as various exercises, supplements, and resources he has found helpful over the years.
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For many back pain sufferers, much of the pain is in the muscles. Muscles contract as a reaction to inflammation, causing pain and potentially leading to more inflammation. It can be a vicious circle, and — surprisingly to some — regular exercise can help.
Whether and how much this resource will be helpful to you, and what kinds of equipment and exercises may be most suitable, will depend on the type of back pain you have, the cause(s) of that pain, and the severity.
Foremost, you’ll need to okay it with your primary physician, and as a back pain sufferer, you should take great care before beginning any exercise program or adding a new piece of equipment or set of exercises to your existing routine. There is no question that it is of utmost importance to be careful, but in spite of what Rush Limbaugh says on his radio show, study after study prove that people who may have an occasional minor injury while making a sustained and appropriate effort to stay physically fit are most definitely not the ones driving up the costs of medical care.
Every credentialed expert there is seems to agree that there is virtually no end to the potential benefits of being physically fit.
Even so, some people seem surprised that someone who has back pain should, or would want to, work out at all.
But they shouldn’t be.
For back pain sufferers — actually, for nearly everyone — there are many benefits to a regular exercise routine that includes both aerobic and progressive resistance strength training.
Further, the right kinds of exercise can do more to help control pain than most people realize, and there is nothing any better than being fit. The right kinds of exercise are good for almost everything, improving the functioning of all your tissues and organs, increasing your energy level and improving your endurance, helping to fight off disease as well as many of the worst effects of our modern, stressful lives. Exercise gets blood and oxygen into your muscles where it’s needed, and that helps clean out and metabolize toxins in those muscles that can be related to increased inflammation, which can increase your pain.
Additionally, sufficient exercise, of the right intensity and type, releases endorphins (your body’s natural pain-killing opiate) into your system, helping to control the pain and helping sometimes to break the vicious circle of inflammation causing muscle pain, and that in turn causing more inflammation.
Finally, though just about everyone knows by now that exercise helps to reduce your body’s overall fat content, not everyone yet realizes the extent to which high body fat has been shown in various studies to increase inflammation, i.e., again leading to pain.
So if you always thought you’d get fit just as soon as you got rid of the pain, you may need to re-think that strategy.
Here at Back-Pain-Therapy.com, we are particularly impressed with the quality of Nautilus and Bowflex equipment. Standard free weights are far more dangerous, take up more space, are a lot slower and more difficult to set up between exercises, and are much, much harder to manage in virtually every context. Further, most other home gyms and trainers we’ve tested don’t even begin to compare to Nautilus and Bowflex.
But the qualify and durability of this equipment is not the reason we recommend aerobic and progressive resistance exercise as a resource.
So long as you okay it with your primary physician, and no matter what equipment you prefer to use, quite simply, and because it works . . .
. . . Back-Pain-Therapy.com recommends exercise as a back pain therapy resource.
Not so many years ago, yoga was not very well understood in the West.
Fortunately, today many in our culture have come to understand its many benefits.
Many practitioners say that a good yoga workout leaves them feeling more in harmony with life.
If you’ve never practiced or looked into yoga before, as a back pain sufferer you should keep in mind that there are several different kinds of yoga. Some practices may be inappropriate, or even dangerous, for those with certain conditions. We hope to be posting more extensively on these differences sometime soon, but meanwhile, we highly recommend viniyoga and strongly encourage you to learn as much as you can about the differences between the different practices before beginning any routine. You should also get the okay from your primary physician first, and even then, take it very easy on yourself, especially in the beginning.
Back-Pain-Therapy.com recommends yoga as a back pain therapy resource.
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