Life With My Pet Back

For those of you who have been diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) I hope this is useful information. If you have walked out of the doctors office with the diagnosis but without a real understanding(like I did!), it is well worth your time learning and finding out as much as you can about it. Its your back, make sure you understand all you can and then ask more questions specifically about you and your situation. Please follow the links below to find out more. Spine Universe Article Low Back Pain and DDD Video Degenerative Disc Disease Spine-Health what is Degenerative-Disc-Disease Lose The Back Pain System Lose the Back Pain, is a system of self assessments to determine what physical imbalances you may have that may be causing your pain, then specific and targeted exercises to follow to address the imbalances, along with pain reduction strategies.    Follow Jasmine Ann Raintree's board Back And Sciatic Pain Strategies. on Pinterest.

Hi there, At last I found this wonderful letter to share with you; "An Open Letter To Those Without Invisible Disability Or Chronic Illness " I had found it some time ago and then lost it again. Now I have linked here so I won't lose it again! It is all about understanding people who have an illness or disability that is not necessarily obvious. I think that back and sciatic pain can come under that banner heading.  I know from my own experience while some people were understanding of my sciatic and back pain and the effects it had on me-physically and emotionally; others were very dismissive of "back pain" as being anything much to be concerned about... I wish I could have given those people this letter... From the site "Not Done Living " :- Having an invisible disability (ID) and/or invisible chronic illness (ICI) means that many things change. Just because you can’t see the changes doesn’t mean they aren’t real. Most people don’t und...