Life With My Pet Back

Happy New Year Everyone! I do hope this will be a great year for you and one where you are able to take control of your health and back pain and work to feel better and ease that pain. Here are a few back pain resources that aim to help you take those steps forward and get you started.   PLEASE NOTE this page is under maintenance and links have been removed.  Thank you for your patience.  We love to offer you information and possible solutions to your back pain or sciatic pain and  honest back care suggestions.  Sleeping with sciatica and back pain can be quite a challenge- I understand... Days with sciatic and back pain are bad enough and sleeping or rather not sleeping with sciatic pain is worse. Here I will discuss various sleep solutions, hints and tips, strategies and back pain remedies to help you.  Here you will find articles to give you the information to make your own choices to what will support you, sleeping with sciatica, to get a b...

My Personal Review Of "Lose The Back Pain " There are a lot of back pain remedies and programs out there so here is a view on my personal use of this one.  Here I cover what I thought of it in my situation, the tips to using it, what it covers and includes, what is good and not so good about it, about muscle imbalances and why they are relevant, red flags of back pain and other useful back pain information.  This is not just another academic review of a back pain system. I have lived with back and sciatic pain and I have used "Lose The Back Pain System". I have talked personally with Steve Hefferon and Jesse Cannone of The Healthy Back Institute and asked them many questions.  You have maybe tried lots of back pain and sciatica treatments, have some given temporary relief or have you had no relief from pain? Are you Looking for a non-invasive, non-surgical approach?  Do You Have Any Of These Back Pain Conditions/Symptoms? Sciatica Low back ...

Pregnancy And Back Pain- Trying To Sleep? Pregnancy is a special time for you to take care of your body and your baby. Sleep, relaxation and excellent support is very important at this time as your body goes through many changes. It is vital that you and your baby bump are well supported in order for you to get a good nights sleep. However many women get back pain or sciatica during pregnancy which makes sleeping much more difficult.  You need to have enough support and comfort to give you the best chance of a good nights sleep. **Always check with a qualified medical practitioner if you are experiencing back or sciatic pain.** Some women try to manage with a range of pillows to support their head, neck, hips, and back during pregnancy. (You will see examples in a video below).Some people are OK with this approach but others are not. I know having tried pillows that they are not always the right density or give enough support or maybe too bulky or too thin. The...

Stress reduction.... Here are some interesting and perhaps novel methods of reducing or managing stress in our lives. Writing, laughing, crying and hypnosis. If you are dealing with pain on a regular or even constant basis you may find yourself becoming stressed. Stress reduction methods are worth looking into to see what might help you. We are all individual and what helps one person may not help another. You may think some of these ideas are a little crazy, but if they help us to reduce anxiety and stress-well, I'm prepared to give it a go!! :)   How To Reduce Stress Through Cathartic Writing It can be cathartic to write down all your thoughts and feelings. Sometimes and for some people it may help to just write down all your concerns, worries, stresses and anxiety. Sometimes when it is down there it is a cathartic process of letting it all out. It may also seem a little easier to handle if it is written down rather than swirling around in...

Depression, Stress and Help Here are some studies about back pain and depression. Does back pain cause depression or does depression link to back pain? Is there a clear link between the two conditions?    Depression and chronic back pain This article from Spine-health discusses that depression is by far the most common emotion associated with chronic back pain.It recognizes that chronic pain and depression are two of the most common health problems health professionals come across. Diagnosis of depression and chronic back pain This article in spine -health discusses that depression is a commonly missed diagnosis for people with chronic back pain.In the articles opinion this is because the person with chronic back pain does not realise they are suffering from depression  Depression causes back pain? A study from the University of Alberta shows that while it is well known that physical pain can lead to depression,the reverse can be true as well.Dr. Linda Ca...