Back pain afflicts almost half of the Occidental
population between the age of 25 and 50, which
represents not only a health problem but also a
social and economic plague. Why do we suffer
from it and, above all, how can we treat it
without the use and mistreatments of medicine?
The back pain is
most of the time localized. It occurs more often
in the neck and shoulders areas (cervical pain)
or in the low vertebral column, meaning the
dorso-lumbar and lumbar region (back-lumbago or
lumbago).
While cervical pain is perceived as a sense of
tension in the neck or in the shoulders, the
pain caused by lumbago is experienced in the
lumbar area of the column, and also on the back,
the gluteal muscles, and the legs.
The reaction of the people who suffer from this
is directly proportional to the intensity of the
perceived pain.
People who suffer from sharp pains tend to limit
their movements in order to avoid any additional
discomfort; people who suffer from “deaf ” pain,
which means less sharp but continuous pain, tend
to rigidify or use wrong posture but, in this
way, they will cause additional long term pain.
the prolonged maintenance of a wrong posture,
due to bad habits or necessity;
degenerative
lesions of vertebral articulations (osteoarthritis),
which affect ligaments, intervertebral discs and
vertebral musculature;
wrong postures, often asymmetric, which can
affect articulations, ligaments and muscle
structure and function;
the contraction of
vertebral muscular groups may also be the cause
of the increase and persistence of the disease;
the weariness of
non-trained muscles can be the cause of
additional pain;
the excess of weight can contribute to increase
the problem, especially in the lumbar area.
The pain
represents only a symptom of a
pathologic condition that can affect
different areas
It is fundamental then to prevent.The generic prevention process has its
maximum effect together with physical
activity and focused exercise. In
contrast, the focused prevention is
enacted in every-day life: paying
attention to the posture, especially
habitually wrong ones, in order to
correct them. For this treatment, one
avoids those movements which dangerously
incite discs, ligaments and muscles.
Modern tendency for
the treatment of back pain underline the
efficacy of movement. It holds off from using
previous methods of forced bed rest, which
doctors would often advise for patients in order
to decrease the level of pain. This method, in
fact, would often make the symptomatology become
chronic and, thing we shouldn’t ignore, would
contribute to make the patient feel depressed.
The thermal water is a
valid ally for the exercise program against back pain.
The exercises done in the water, in fact, allow for some
specific actions:
the resolution of any potential pain that limits
the functionality of the concerning suffering
areas
the reduction of the load on the column
the modification of prefixed movements, which
allows a better re-elaboration of the movement
method
the increase of our own body perception and of
muscles functionality
little circular pelvic movements
backward and forward movements
lateral movements
reinforcement exercises in water for abdominal
muscles
reinforcement exercises in water for back
muscles
In a second moment, the exercises have to be done out of
the water, always with the support of a personal trainer
or a physiotherapist. This should be done in order to
sensitize and strengthen the concerning musculature,
calibrating it on normal gravity conditions and on the
load of the vertebral column.
SOS back pains
The backache is one of the most
common pathologies: stiffness,
wrong postures, joints lesions,
many are the causes of this pain
that can become a daily
companion. Discover with our
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