Lower back pain care often involves a prescription for powerful pain medicines like oxycodone and other opioids. However, a recent study revealed that there is no long-term benefit to using these drugs to deal with the pain. More than 7,000 people were a part of the clinical trial, and while pain medicine did seem to provide the short-term benefit of less pain, there was no evidence to support long-term benefits.

Since low back pain is the world’s number one cause of disability, this is a telling study. The primary care option that most doctors present only covers the symptoms on a temporary basis and does nothing to help the pain get better or go away. What natural methods exist that can provide benefit for a person suffering from low back problems.

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Natural Help for Lower Back Pain

Here are a few things that you can do to try and reduce your back pain or prevent it if you have a healthy back right now.

• Maintain good posture – Poor posture can lead to misalignments, pinched nerves, disc problems, and other causes of low back pain. This means having proper posture when standing (stand up straight without leaning the head forward), sitting (keep the knees and hips level and your feet flat on the ground or a footstool), and sleeping (sleep on the back or on the side with a pillow between your knees).
• Strengthen your core – Hip, abdominal, and lower back muscles work together to help you turn and lift without hurting your back.
• Upper cervical chiropractic – A properly aligned neck is vital to correct posture and can help with low back pain.

How does neck alignment affect the lower back? When the neck is misaligned, and the head is off balance, the righting reflex goes into effect to keep the eyes level with the horizon. This can throw the entire back out of alignment. The pain will occur wherever the most strain is. So that low back pain may be springing from an upper neck misalignment.

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