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TEN NON-SURGICAL TREATMENTS FOR LOWER BACK PAIN…

May 28, 2023May 15, 2023 barmac5

Muscle relaxants – This medication acts as a depressant of the central nervous system and increases mobility of tense muscles, relieving pain from muscle tightness or spasms
Narcotic pain medications – Narcotic medications are most often used for treating intense, short-term pain, such as acute pain.
Lifestyle changes – Take note of the activities that worsen your pain and avoid them if possible.
Epidural steroid injections – This injection involves a steroid administered directly into the outer part of the dural sac, which surrounds the spinal cord.
Manual manipulation – A chiropractor or other healthcare provider makes physical adjustments to the spine with the goals of improving mobility and reducing stiffness, discomfort, or pain.
Acupuncture – Acupuncture stimulates points on the body thought to correct the body’s “qi,” or life force.
Massage Therapy – Massage to your lower back can relieve the muscle spasms that usually contribute to low back pain.
Mindful Meditation – Meditation may be helpful in reducing the perception of pain, and can reduce depression, anxiety and sleep problems that commonly occur with chronic pain.
Physical Therapy – Exercise is the foundation of chronic back pain treatment. It’s one of the first treatments you should try under the guidance of your physician and spine physical therapist. The exercises have to be tailored to your specific symptoms and condition.
Diet – Maintaining a healthy weight can help to lessen your back pain by reducing the pressure on your spine.

Source: Spine Health Hopkins Medicine

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VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AFTER A DARK WINTER…

May 4, 2023 barmac5

Vitall wrote “Customers testing for Vitamin D with Vitall show that the UK average Vitamin D level is 76.8 nmol/L. This is inline with previous estimations, with as many as 21.9% of people having results indicating a deficiency.

We also found that this is slightly worse for men, with as many as one in five men tested having low levels of Vitamin D.”

After a long winter with very little sunshine more and more brits will probably find that they are deficient in Vitamin D which is needed for health and to maintain strong bones.

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that your body produces when exposed to ultraviolet rays from sunlight. Vitamin D plays different important roles in your body. It promotes calcium absorption in the gastrointestinal tract, regulates your calcium and phosphate blood levels, acts on bone mineralization, growth, and remodelling, reduces inflammation, and modulates cell growth, neuromuscular function, and immunity.

Vitamin D deficiency can occur due to a low intake of vitamin D, reduced digestive absorption, not enough exposure to sunlight, or when your body cannot convert the inactive form of vitamin D to the biologically active one.

A lack of vitamin D is termed a vitamin D deficiency, and can lead to bone deformities such as rickets in children, and several conditions in adults.

If you notice that you’re regularly becoming unwell, it could be a sign that you’re not getting enough vitamin D. Other symptoms can include muscle aches and weakness, waddling gait, chronic widespread pain or bone pain in lower back, pelvis and foot.

The NHS says taking too many vitamin D supplements over a long period of time can cause too much calcium to build up in the body which can weaken the bones and damage the kidneys and the heart.

The NHS lists foods such as salmon, sardines, herring, mackerel and egg yolks as good sources of Vitamin D. Red meat, Liver and some breakfast cereals can also give you a boost of Vitamin D.

Source: Vitall Express NHS