Local or referred pain at the base of the spine caused by a sprain, strain, arthritis or a prolapsed disk, Pain is associated with poor posture, improper lifting, obesity or sitting for long periods of time.
Relationship to Problems Associated With Lack Of Exercise"Exercise that strengthens the abdominal musculature sometimes helps reduce low back pain..." Recommendation Posture Improvement"...This lightens the abdominal muscles and is the sitting-up equivalent of the old bent knee sit-up exercises"..." Recommendation Calming / Stretching Exercises"...Breathing exercises can affect the spine in various ways, such as movement of the ribs and changes in pressure within the chest and abdomen..." Recommendation Aerobic Exercise"...Exercises to strengthen the back and abdominal muscles can be useful, but only after recovery from the acute phase..."
Recommendation Molybdenum"...Moss monitored 14 middle-aged people with symptoms of arthritis, low back pain, frozen shoulder, rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, as they took 400-500mcg daily (in 4-5 doses of 100mcg) of molybdenum amino acid chelate..."
Recommendation Molybdenum"Margaret Moss, MA, found that taking oral molybdenum over a 28-day period produces a "statistically significant improvement" in patients with arthritis and other aches and pains as well as in their general health..."
Relationship to Ankylosing Spondylitis"...the areas where the lower spine is joined to the pelvis..."
Pain in the lower back area that can relate to problems with the lumbar spine, the discs between the vertebrae, the ligaments around the spine and discs, the spinal cord and nerves, muscles of the low back, internal organs of the pelvis and abdomen, or the skin covering the lumbar area.
Pain at the base of the spine that can be caused by several factors.
The Condition"...low back pain include: prostatitis, hidden food allergies, hypothyroidism, autointoxication or intestinal toxemia (self-poisoning by harmful gut bacteria), mercury toxicity (if stored in the sensory ganglia near the low back), arthritis, kidney involvement, and psychological issues..."
Recommendation Magnesium"Some doctors consider the use of magnesium to be beneficial for reducing muscle spasm..."
Recommendation L-Phenylalanine"...This is a precursor for epinephrine and phenylethylamine (PEA)..."
The Condition"...In one magnetic resonance imaging study of 98 people, none of whom had back pain, bulging disks were detected in 52% at one or more intervertebral disks and 27% had protrusions..."
Recommendation Chlorella" Chlorella or other algae may reduce circulating toxins and bowel autointoxication, and consequently improve chronic lower back pain..."
Recommendation NSAIDs"Use pain medication, if necessary, such as Tylenol, Aleve or another NSAID, such as aspirin..."
Recommendation Prolotherapy"Chronic lower back pain is one of the easiest conditions to treat with prolotherapy..."
Recommendation Weight Training"See the link between Lower Back Pain and Aerobic Exercise..."
Relationship to Ankylosing Spondylitis"The inflammation occurring in cases of ankylosing spondylitis usually starts around the sacroiliac joints i..."
Recommendation Digestive Enzymes"...Papain also has analgesic and anti-inflammatory action..."
Low back pain can be either an acute or chronic disabling condition. For many, it may be an ongoing condition that flares up occasionally for a few days or weeks, then becomes more manageable again. It will affect most adults at some stage in their life and accounts for more sick leave taken than any other single condition.
