Emotional distress and your bad back

According to the International Association for the Study of Pain, the definition of pain is “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential damage, or described in terms of such damage.”   Pain is a complex experience … Continue reading

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Practical things that can help a bad back; Part five

Improving the pain in your back can be as simple as taking a look at all of the things in our lives that we take for granted. Practical things that may help a bad back part five stay active; this … Continue reading

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Practical things that can help a bad back; Part four

Improving the pain in your back can be as simple as taking a look at all of the things in our lives that we take for granted. Practical things that may help a bad back part four, comfortable and healthy … Continue reading

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Practical things that can help a bad back; Part three

Improving the pain in your back can be as simple as taking a look at all of the things in our lives that we take for granted. Practical things that may help a bad back part three, will give you … Continue reading

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Practical things that can help a bad back; Part two

Improving the pain in your back can be as simple as taking a look at all of the things in our lives that we take for granted. Practical things that may help a bad back part two, will give you … Continue reading

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Practical things that can help a bad back

Improving the pain in your back can be as simple as taking a look at all of the things in our lives that we take for granted. Practical things that may help a bad back may be as simple as … Continue reading

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Aromatherapy for bad backs

Aromatherapy is the use of aromas for physical, mental, and emotional healing. The primary source of healing aromas is essential oils distilled from herbs and flowers. According to Hippocrates many centuries ago “the way to health is to have an … Continue reading

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Herbs for bad backs

Herbal remedies are not just old wives’ tales; you may be surprised to know that 25 per cent of all prescriptions written by doctors are for medicines that are wholly or partially derived from plants. These range from the most … Continue reading

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Can hypnotherapy be a useful tool in the fight against bad backs?

Can hypnotherapy be a useful tool in the fight against bad backs? Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy. Modern hypnotherapy is used in a variety of forms, trained physicians and psychiatrists may use hypnosis to treat depression, eating … Continue reading

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Putting Back Pain into Perspective

To put back pain into perspective approximately 98% of back pain patients are diagnosed with nonspecific acute back pain which has no underlying serious pathology. Most instances of back pain can start spontaneously; individuals are often unaware of how they … Continue reading

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