Let’s say you interviewed 10 people about back pain. I bet 10 out of 10 people will say they don’t want to live with back pain. That’s understandable since daily living tasks could seem like mission impossible! Living with back pain can make simple tasks much harder to accomplish, and can even delay the ones you can normally finish in a flash.
Ironically, remaining active as possible during a bout of back pain appears to be more beneficial than just resting on a bed. That is, if you want improve your chances of recovery. Recent studies suggest that those with back pain to carry out normal activities as much as possible, since it has shown that such actions result in faster recovery than bed rest.
Check out this article from the site, The Californian, which reinforces the idea to remain active while harboring back pain.
New Back Pain Treatments Keep Patients On The Move
After he had battled lower back pain for three months with hot showers, analgesic heat rubs and heating pads, it finally happened. Chris Roth awoke one morning barely able to move.
This was a huge problem for Roth. As owner of Steel City Ballroom in a Pittsburgh suburb, he teaches the trademark hip-shaking and body-twisting steps of ballroom dancing. ‘I canceled my lessons,’ said Roth, 44. ‘I’d had back pain but not like that. This was the most extreme pain. That’s when I couldn’t push through it.’
Fortunately for Roth, Anthony Delitto was a student. The chairman of the University of Pittsburgh department of physical therapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences offered to help.
In a nutshell, if you got back pain, don’t let it get you down, but get up and start moving! And don’t forsake your normal, daily activities. Just sitting still or lying down for long periods of time will eventually cause your muscles to stiffen and tighten up. Which, according to today’s article, is counter-productive to your recovery from back pain.
