One simple solution to prevent back pain, 10 little changes to put it to work

LOL!!!!! loved what little bug said so true. I have been slim all my life but with three rear-end car accidents, I have lived many years with pain as my constant companion. However, I have found that exercise, especially stretching ones are the way for me to control the pain. An occasional visit to a chiro helps too.

Now if we can just get our companies to purchase these treadmills. Good luck.

This advice is not for a ruptured disc. This is for low back pain with no injury which is what I have. And it works for me.

i need a new bed. i'm excersing, but it hurts my back worse, so my main thing is geting a new bed soon. good ideas, on here, but i don't think they will work for me.

Thank you, Kathleen! I agree with you about politeness and grace falling away from our society. I am 73 and that pains me more than my back pain.

I bought my first computer 7 yrs ago. Oh joy! I could not get enough of all my applications. However, the downside had been back pain AND hip pain. Taking breaks is one good way to alleviate the stress on my back. And, the older I get, the shorter the duration of sitting. I have to move every hour for about 15 minutes. As far as my hip pain: I found out that one leg is about 1" shorter than the other! Life is certainly very interesting. I can't get enough -- of life, that is.

Please remember, folks, that articles like this one are intended to offer ONE way to help you. You need not get upset if it doesn't address your particular problem. It's still good advice.

Littlebug, you are totally correct. I was in great shape, elliptical 20+ mins 4-5 days per week, weights 4 times week, on my feet 15+ hours a day. I severely injured my SI joint by going on a painting binge of my house. Standing on a ladder with my body rotated on my right leg to access awkward, high corners. For a week. That was the end. I was bedridden for well over a year, misdiagnosed with 'bad discs', but finally on my 3rd dr [and spending thousands on spine drs that injected every sq inch of my body and then some], he correctly agreed with me that is was my SI joint and proceeded to kill the nerves to the affected joint. Add in some piriformis injections, and a myriad of other trigger point injections to the hip rotators [on both sides by now, they all turned to MUSH], I am functioning. But STILL have residual pains at night, after 2.5 yrs of being treated, PT, and finally working out independantly at the gym.
I'm sick of these one-size-fits-all-backs. I am not now, and never was a fat, lazy person. Nuff said.

And, last but certainly not least, you lost me with Jane Fonda! How you can promote her, to a new generation of kids, who are probably totally clueless to her detrimental rants against our Vietnam veterans,while on foreign soil, is beyond me! She should have had her passport revoked and never allowed back into this country! She is a total disgrace - and so is Yahoo (and this author) for even giving her any publicity!( MISHEY I AGREE WITH OH HOW I AGREE WITH IT, I AM ONLY 50 BUT I HAVE FAMILY AND MANY FRIENS WITH MESSED UP LIMBS AND BODY PARTS AND LIVE ROUNDS STILL IN THIER BODIES AND THEY ALLOW SOMEONE LIKE HER TO GET AWAY WITH IT. i TRULY BELIEVE HER DAD IS ROLLING OVER IN GRAVE. AND I LOVE DAD IN EVERYTHING HE DID. ) TY

Littlebug, i agree with you completely, i used to very active played tennis,ran,lifting weights several times a week. But i was at work one night and was hit by a car while standing on a sidewalk, since that day back in 99 i have hurt from morning to night and yes i cannot sleep very well either i have to move all night just to keep the spasm down and as soon as i get up pills pills pills just to move. And yes i have tried many of the same things you have but none really work. I have 2 blown out disk,permanant nerve damage, micromuscular damage, pain in my face,neck,arms,hands,back,legs and feet. And it never goes away, yes in the summer months it gets somewhat better but i still have to very careful in what i do or i end up in the bed for days sometimes a week. So you people who think some us are heavy or lazy just get to know us first before you judge because alot of the time there is a story behind it, not because we are lazy or eat to much.

I agree I have a bad back from 23
Years of driving a forklift and walking in the warehouses cement floors. Have had the works!What really helped me is aquatic therapy in 98 degrees pool. No more pills n my back fused itself L-4,L-5,S-1. Thanks to the excellent trainers and staff at STAR physical therapy in Fairport,N.Y. Now I am enjoying life without that excruciating pain that I will never miss!

25yrs of back chronic low back pain finally eased after started sleeping with a pillow between my legs. Not one of my docs suggested it. I read about it, tried it, and I now wake up every morning pain free. Even if I go to bed achey!

for those of you without back pain, count our blessings, I have 2 bulging disks in my lower back, 2 bulging disks in my cervical (neck) with bone spurs poking them and, from a fall, I have off and on muscle spasms in my thoracic region (middle back)----none of which was brought on by sitting on my ass. I do however have a good sense of humor and when the phsyatic nerve is being especially pinched, I refer to it as phsycotic nerve, like littlebug said-it is what it is. Forgive my spelling?

I find it very unsettling and a bit depressing to read so many comments following articles where people address other people so rudely and crudely. Has our society lost all sense of civility and politeness, even when addressing strangers? Can we not address a subject with people whose views we disagree with and still be polite? Why must we refer to someone whose ideas we disagree with as stupid or ridiculous, or use sarcasm, all ways of communicating in negative and inpolite ways?

I've read, as many of you have, I'm sure, how the internet, and particularly blogs and social networking, have led us to feel that we are anonymous when we share our ideas, and therefore some people don't feel that it matters what attitudes they use in their communication.

I wouold like to suggest that we all treat other people the same way we would like other people to treat us.

In my 60 years of life in the United States, I have watched our society decline, not only socially, but also in most other ways. My daily prayer is that somehow, some way, through a gifted leader or leaders, we will be inspired to become better people individually and to purpously contribute to making this country as great as it used to be.

have experience back pain for years & I read about your ad, I want to try it!

One more thing stretching is good quick bouncy stretches will do more damage than good.

To Littlebug

People tend to paint things with one wide brush. For the regular Joe like me it's something we do because if we have all the answers we feel safe. If someone is selling a product or writing a book one simple answer that is comfirmed in a hundred different ways sells. That is how it is but it does not encourage thinking.

Standing is no good walking is the trick and stretching. Standing also puts pressure on the back just in another way. You can also try EMS they now make portable units that cost much less than a cell phone. Check out these devices at www.emmaussupply.com

pray to mecca twenty min a day. don't have to face mecca but the prayer postition is good for your back.losing weight around the gut is key.

I think this is a great idea. It can't hurt to try rite! Lets go!

A person donot have to be overweight to have backproblems,I was in the medical field from 190-2005 .I injuried my back own the job ,and I have tried all kind of pain medicine nothing help and shots everything.Before people comments they need to do their research and stop assuming everyone is overweight and that was cause back pain you can be underweight and still have backpain.I have been unemployed since my back and my dignaoises are spinaltheosis I do miss my job I love the medical field my back wouldnot let me do the work I use to do.Iam in a whole lot of pain when the weather changes when it rain I almost cries nothing help the pain so be careful what you post.

for most people, standing up every now and then should work. Not for all people.