Discover why the concept of a 'strained back' is a common myth in the treatment of back pain. Learning about chiropractic care may be the key to understanding and relieving your pain at its root.
Myth 1: A back strain
In the course of my work, I have taught hundreds of thousands of people about my approach to treating back pain. When I ask them what’s wrong, they almost always say something like, «I was doing «X» when my back gave out.” ‘a ’jerk»."
Back pain is usually preceded by some form of physical activity, such as picking up a heavy object, sneezing, bending over, or getting out of bed. The reasoning is: «Well, since I wasn't in pain before the activity, the activity must have been the cause of the pain.» As we'll see in the next few chapters, the reality is a little more complicated. In many cases, physical activity can trigger a episode of pain, but in and of itself, It is not the underlying cause.
[pullquote align=center] Consider this example: Let’s say you fill a room with natural gas and then light a match inside it. You could say that the match caused the explosion, but it would be more accurate to say that the match «triggered» or initiated the explosion. First and foremost, the best question to ask is, «Where did all that gas come from?» [/pullquote]
This situation is very similar to what happens with back pain. Physical activity can trigger an episode of pain, but it is not the «fuel» that feeds it. If you he doesn't get rid of the problem underlying, so any number of things can «trigger» the pain.
Marc Bony,DC
