4 Tips for Less Back Pain

Back pain seems to affect about 80% of Australian’s at some point in their life. If one of your New Year's resolutions this year is to have less pain you might want to consider listening to these four tips I have four habits to make a difference.

Hi I'm Dr Paula, I am from the Chiropractic Domain at Goodwood and I've spent the last 25 years helping over 10,000 people kiss goodbye their neck and back pain.

Habit number one is about less sitting. Sitting is to the spine like sugar is to the teeth it is bad news and we know it is linked to a much bigger chance of human mortality so yes you could calculate earlier in your life if you sit too much so habit number one is to get yourself up and get moving much more than perhaps what you normally do.

Habit number two is about less stress. So many of my patients are always looking to a physical reason for their back pain and that's not always the case. Particularly over the last three decades research has indicated that if we are stressed we don't heal as well, we can't get over colds as well, we can't even get over back pain as well, so the key here is to look at ways of managing stress. In fact if you can figure it out that might be your new superpower for this year.

Habit number three is about decreasing inflammation. The inflammatory response in the body is a big cause of many illnesses. A big way that you can manage that yourself is through your diet. Now without going into too much detail we can actually have some really simple principles here. If your food comes out of a packet, it's processed and it is not so good for you. You want to have food that's in its least processed state as possible. Fresh meat, lots of vegetables, nuts, and seeds, that is a surefire way to decrease the amount of inflammation in your body.

Fourth and final Habit to have a healthier back is to make sure you visit your chiropractor. When it comes to back okay the experts agree that a conservative approach is best and research has shown that chiropractic is a very safe and effective way of dealing with back and neck pain. So make sure that you have a chiropractor like me in your life and make sure that you visit regularly and stay on top of those issues.

So there you have it gang four tips for healthy habits to develop to have less back pain. If you or there is someone you know in your life that has back on neck pain please feel free to call the office on 8272-45 or visit our website at www.thechiropracticdomain.com

Yours in health,

Dr Paula