Natural remedy devil’s claw
Natural remedy, especially the devil’s claw is to be called here. The Devil’s Claw can be used alone for mild pain and for stronger pain to support the existing therapy. The Devil’s Claw is supposed to reduce the symptoms of back pain.
While cold is still felt to be beneficial in acute initial stages, after the initial stage is over, warmth is generally preferred in the treatment of back pain. In general, warmth does very good in pain conditions.Warmth can be achieved permanently by appropriate clothing, such as by wearing an undershirt or windproof and warm clothing! Also measures, which affect the areas from the outside, as for example bathing, Saunieren, Fango packs, red light or blood circulation-promoting medicines (ABC – plaster, heat-producing ointments), can produce warmth.
Frequently the described measures (suitable clothes, external measures, blood circulation-promoting medicines) are combined with one another, not least because meanwhile also the effectiveness of warmth could be scientifically confirmed with existing back pain. Please pay attention to possible side effects with all forms of application. For example, allergic skin reactions have repeatedly occurred when using rheumatism ointments and ABC patches.
In particular burns can occur for example by red light. There are other therapeutic measures which are listed below under “other measures”. Chiropractic represents a medically recognized healing method of the back therapy, which is based on various techniques.
Chirotherapy (manipulation treatment; manual therapy) can, for example, adjust incarcerations caused by the displacement of the vertebrae. Since this form of treatment is not without danger, it should only be performed by experienced therapists (trained chiropractors or doctors with the additional title “Chirotherapy or manual therapy”). For uncomplicated back pain that does not radiate to the foot or toes, chiropractic therapy is usually performed within the first 6 weeks.
Bed rest in the form of absolute rest is not a suitable treatment for your back. It should therefore only be considered in exceptional cases and even then you should try to mobilize within the next two days. As already described above, pain medication can help here.
In any case, the aim should be to be able to move just as actively or more actively again after as short a time as before the onset of the pain. If your degree of movement was reduced to a minimum before the illness, it is time to think about (new) sports activities. Change your everyday behavior so that you become more active yourself.
Remember: a relieving posture is always associated with a reduction in muscle tone, which must be prevented. Although a beneficial massage is very popular with patients with back pain, its lasting effectiveness in terms of pain reduction has not been proven. Again, it must be stated: a passive treatment cannot be replaced by personal initiative in the form of movement!
A “back school” is the learning of exercises to build up muscles in the area of the back. In addition, one is informed about the structure and function of the back. In this therapy for back pain, special attention is paid to the various load situations in order to achieve a conscious correction of the patient’s posture.
In this way one learns techniques to relieve the spinal column, among other things in extreme situations in which the patient has to carry heavy loads. For example, you will learn how heavy loads (water boxes) are lifted from the floor, etc. Scientific studies have proven that the best results (behavioral changes) are achieved when a so-called intensive program of three to five weeks duration is followed.
There are different training programs, which are also offered by health insurance companies. Usually these programs are suitable for patients with rather chronic back pain, i.e. for patients who suffer from back pain over a longer period of time (approx. 6 weeks).
Within the framework of physiotherapy (movement therapy, physiotherapy), similar to back school, an attempt is made to reduce the wrong movement patterns. Exercises are performed to reduce the damage to the musculoskeletal system. The most important thing here is that the patient learns various forms of exercise for therapy, which he can then continue to do on his own at home.
It is a utopia to believe that back pain will disappear permanently by means of one-time physiotherapy. Here again, the patient’s own initiative is required. The exercises of the physiotherapy include stretching, tensing, relaxing, …In addition, as in back school, everyday movements should also be practiced anew in order to achieve a daily relief of the back.
Only if YOU permanently perform these learned exercises at home, you can count on pain relief! The strengthening of the back muscles is based on constant execution of the exercises. In many medical fields acupuncture is becoming a popular alternative to the traditional form of treatment.
Acupuncture is an old Chinese treatment method from the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which is based on a philosophical concept. According to this philosophical concept, every illness of the human body is based on an imbalance between the two opposing forces “Yin and Yang”. There are different techniques, whereby all techniques have in common the insertion of needles into different depths of the so-called meridians (= ). This is intended to balance energetic disturbances within the organism. Even though previous studies on the benefits of acupuncture for back pain have been without result, i.e. some studies have proven its effectiveness, others have not, most patients feel an improvement in the pain symptoms.
