A few days ago some friends complain about the same thing to me, they complained of pain in his back, and asked my advice to solve the problem. After a long question and answer, and they answered my question about back pain. I suggest to do the Mc Kenzie exercises for their back pain problems . I hope, with the Mc Kenzie exercise, can help them cope with back pain.
To help you determine whether you can treat your lower back pain succesfully without help from a health professional, please answer the following question :
Then the question is whether the Mc Kenzie? The McKenzie Method was developed in the 1960’s by Robin McKenzie, a
physical therapist in New Zealand. In his practice, he noted that
extending the spine could provide significant pain relief to certain
patients and allow them to return to their normal daily activities.
With the McKenzie approach, physical therapy and exercise used to extend
the spine can help "centralize" the patient’s pain by moving it away
from the extremities (leg or arm) to the back. Back pain is usually
better tolerated than leg pain or arm pain, and the theory of the
approach is that centralizing the pain allows the source of the pain to
be treated rather than the symptoms.
Once you start the exercise , carefully observe whether your pain is getting better , getting worse , or staying the same , and whether the location of the pain is changing.
In particular, if your pain was getting worse before you started the exercise and doesnt improve after the first two days, seek advice from a health professional such as a physician, physical therapist, or chiropractor.
If any of the following situation occurs , do not begin our exercise program without first consulting a health profesional :
* if you have developed lower back pain for the first time and it is no better 10 after onset.
* If you have severe pain in the leg below the knee and you experience sensation of weakness, numbness , or "pins and needles" in a foot and the toes.
* If your lower back problem followed a recent severe accident.
* If , following a recent severe episode of back pain, you have developed bladder problems.
* If you are generally feeling unwell in conjunction with the attack of lower back pain (that is, if you have symptoms other than back pain that began around the same time as the back pain )
To help you determine whether you can treat your lower back pain succesfully without help from a health professional, please answer the following question :
# Are there periods in the day__ even as short as ten minutes__ when you have no pain?
# Is the pain confined to areas above the knee ?
# Are you generally worse when sitting for prolonged periods or when standing up from the sitting position?
# Are you generally worse during or right after prolonged bending or stooping, as when making a bed, vacuuming, ironing, gardening, or laying concrete.
# Are you generally worse when getting up in the morning, but improve after about half an hour?
# Are you generally worse when inactive and better when on the move ?
# Are you generally better when walking?
# Are you generally better when lying facedown ? when testing this, you may feel worse for the first few minutes but then feel better ; in this case, the asnwer to this question is yes.
# Have you had several episodes of lower back pain over tha past month or years?