I don't really have back pain, except I feel pulling in my lower back when I stand. I. Wish I could provide some advice. When my wife has pain in her neck and upper back, I usually massage them. Would you like a massage?
It's not always helpful. I find accupressure more helpful.
The furniture I use regularly greatly affects my back pain. If good sleep helps, perhaps you've got a mattress that is good. Does lying down without sleeping help?
If your furniture is bad, and your pain isn't debilitating enough to cause weakness, then standing more and sitting less might help.
Lying down doesn't really help, unless it's on the accupressure mat.
Standing does help but I can't stand all day.
Car seating seems the best, most ergonomic furniture.
I had a thai massage once, they really try and wreck you, even stretching your toes!
I've had a mysterious back problem since mid-2014. Not sure what it is but I guess it's not too bad... for now.
By Miu Watanabe.
gamingeek said:Lying down doesn't really help, unless it's on the accupressure mat.
Standing does help but I can't stand all day.
Car seating seems the best, most ergonomic furniture.
I had a thai massage once, they really try and wreck you, even stretching your toes!
Car bucket seats, or just normal ones? In any case, there should be similar furniture for use in the house that you could find.
I will cut to the chase based on prior exp:
1. Evaluate the chairs you sit on for any period of time.
2. Evaluate your shoes. Please and urgently.
3. Consider taking up jogging/ running, even if for just 1km a day.
aspro said:
2. Evaluate your shoes. Please and urgently.
This is good advice. I bought a new pair once and all of a sudden I had pain in my knees to the point where I'd wake up from it at night. also, maybe look in to some ergonomic seating? And when you get really desperate, perhaprs try one of those inflatable sitting balls.
robio said:Have you ever had just a regular therapeutic massage? Not a Thai or oriental one. I don't know how it works in the UK but if you go to any real massage parlor here (the ones that don't give out happy endings), they can actually do specific massages that will help relieve back pain. Sometimes it's kind of bullshit, but a lot of these people do have chiropractic and sports medicine training specifically for this sort of thing that you are describing.
Doubt I could afford it long term. That's why I've gone with electronic back massagers, but the shiatsu ones hurt a bit. They don't seem to do percussion massage ones.
SupremeAC said:This is good advice. I bought a new pair once and all of a sudden I had pain in my knees to the point where I'd wake up from it at night. also, maybe look in to some ergonomic seating? And when you get really desperate, perhaprs try one of those inflatable sitting balls.
Tried sitting on a physio ball and doing all sorts of back exercises without much luck.
I had back pain for years, as soon as I quit the office job it went away. It's those bloody office chairs.
Also doing more physical work helped develop the muscles so now that I ama back in the office I am not as prone to back pain.
Anyone else suffer from this?
Mine seems to get worse and worse every day. I'm not sure what to do about it anymore. The medication isn't doing much good, pain gels are a temporary relief. Tens machines are near useless as you cannot place the pads yourself and the sticky tabs always wear out.
Back braces are mostly all for lower back, not helpful for my mostly upper and neck pain. Electronic head pads are somewhat useful and long lasting. I find that I could not live without accupressure mats which dig into the flesh hard, but you have to be careful how to use them so they don't make things worse.
Electric shiatsu massagers do as much harm as good. For me, I find sleep affects mine, the poorer quality of your sleep leads to more pain.
How do you deal with your backpain and do you have any good tips?