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Simple yet Effective Ways to Control Back Pain
Simple yet Effective Ways to Control Back Pain

You know it can make you feel uncomfortable as you deal with back pain. Sadly, it's very normal to have back pain. 8 in 10 people struggle during their life with some form of back pain. In fact, low back pain accounts for 2.6 million emergency department visits annually and is worldwide the leading cause of disability.

In recent years, so many patients still undergo needless, often excessive care, despite a wealth of studies on how back pain is treated. The patient can take a time off to recover, be referred to in tests, surgeries and prescribed painkillers, including opioids, instead of continuing working and staying busy, which have been shown to be efficient.

Fortunately, there are many natural back pain therapies, many at home easy to use and inexpensive with no medical prescription. Ask your back doctor to help you in this regard.

Try these tips without surgery to relieve back pain.

Indulge in a diet against inflammation

Many back specialists say that foods, like certain forms of back pain, can avoid and reversed a number of medical conditions. Inflammation is the normal reaction of your body and is a common cause of back pain to protect itself from injury. Studies have shown that a diet for anti-inflammatory medications, including aspirin or ibuprofen can also be as effective in treating backpain.

Inflammatory foods include:

  • Sparkling vegetables, such as peas, beets, sweet potatoes, bleeding, bananas, strawberries and tomatoes;

  • Oily fish like tuna, sardines and cabbage

  • Green, leafy, spinach, kale, collages and broccoli included

  • Santé fats such as avocado, olive oil and canola oil that are monounsaturated.

  • Nuts, almonds and walnuts included

  • Sunflower and chia seeds

End food, like fast snacks, processed foods and high in saturated fat and refined carbohydrates, to encourage inflammation.

Get enough calcium (but not too much)

Calcium is important for healthy bones and teeth. A good amount (alongside vitamin D) will reduce back pain caused by bone mass and strength problems like osteoporosis.

The majority of adults can receive 1,000 to 1,200 mg of calcium per day, 600 to 800 foreign vitamin D units per day depending on ages. Most patients can consume not more than 2,000 mg calcium a day as too much calcium can cause heart failure and the risk of bone fractures increases.

Foods rich in calcium contain:

  • Canned sardines and salmon

  • Milk, including basic yogurt, milk and cheese

  • Colored, leafy, vegetables like broccoli and bokchoy

  • Tofu and soybeans

Speak to your doctor, who can prescribe a multi vitamin or refer you to a registered dietician for dietary advice if you find it difficult to get enough calcium in the diet.

Get your weight safe

More than 70% of the U.S. population is overweight and almost 40% is deemed to be obese. The extra weight of your back and spine will significantly strain.

Weight loss can be daunting, but it can help to control your back pain, prevent your condition from worsening and even eliminate your need for pain surgical procedure. If you need weight loss support, take help from your back doctor.

Visit Neuroscience Specialist in OKC to get yourself diagnosed well. Our back specialist can help you to get rid of the chronic pain a systematic way.

**Disclaimer- Information presented here is not intended to be qualified medical advice. Nothing expressed herein creates a doctor-patient relationship.