Back Pain Relief and Remedy Blog

Unfortunately many of us have had the horrible experience of throwing our back out when doing a “normal” daily routine.  It recently happened to my wife when she was trying to put our 7 month old baby girl into her playpen.  The scenario presented itself like this…

My wife was tired from the baby being up throughout the night, the baby was restless and wiggly while my wife was trying to put her in the playpen.  The moment she bent over, she felt her back muscles immediately tighten to the point where she almost dropped the baby into the playpen because of the pain.

This is a common scenario of how back pain occurs “out of the blue”.  It is when someone is either tired, distracted or in a hurry and boom the pain hits.  How many relate to this?  While you may not have a baby, you still may relate in some other way.  Perhaps picking up a grocery bag, getting out of bed, doing the dishes, etc…

She was not thinking about her body mechanics, engaging her abs, using her gluts or anything else other than putting the baby into the playpen.  Overall fatigue and distraction helped to change her focus which caused her to use poor body mechanics causing the gluts and muscles along the spine to tighten up.

Fortunately we have been married for 6 years so she has heard me give other people advice on what to do when they injure their back.  Immediately after she felt the pain she was able to lay on the couch and she started icing her back.

When I got home I was able to have her start gently stretching her gluts and alternating between ice and heat.  Within a couple of hours the pain went from excruciating and stopping her in her tracks to soreness in the lower back.  She was able to sleep well with a pillow between her knees and in front of her.

The next day she woke up sore and stiff but without the sharp pain that she was experiencing less than 24 hours earlier.  Throughout the next day she was able to walk stretch, ice and perform some gentle exercises.  It took a couple of more days for the soreness to completely go away, but the sharp pain never returned.

Since the incident, my wife is more aware of her body mechanics and now takes the time to watch how she positions herself when putting the baby in the crib, playpen or highchair.

I’ve identified some major nuggets into relieving your back pain in situations like this.

So what can you take from this.  Simple step can get you quick relief from a back pain incident.  Apply ice and heat, be aware of your mechanics and engage the appropriate muscles.

Since this scenario is such a common problem and occurrence, I wanted to share a personal example to illustrate how it happens to all of us. The difference is knowing how to treat it, cure it and prevent it from ever happening again.

Thank you.

Martin

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