One of the hardest parts about getting rid of, or treating, back pain is that some parts of your back you are using all the time even when you are at your most relaxed.  Even when you have confined yourself to your bed because of back pain you still use your shoulders, your neck, and your upper body to move yourself around your bed and to look around the room. continue reading

Back pain in any form is horrible.  But when you get to a physical therapist and they begin to develop an exercise plan for you, and you start to execute that plan, that is when the pain really begins.  Any back pain relief exercise is going to start off as the most painful thing you have ever done but the pay off is weeks or months later when you regain the ability to walk and sit without pain again. continue reading

Anyone who has ever suffered from a major backache knows how central the back is, even in times you might think it isn’t important. Even something like squeezing a tennis ball, an action that involves a focus on the fingers, forearm and bicep will involve the latissimus dorsi and other back muscles. continue reading