NATURAL HOME REMEDIES FOR BACKACHE / BACK PAIN
Backache also known as lumbago is defined as mild to severe pain or discomfort in the area of the lower back. The pain can be acute (sudden and severe) or chronic if it has lasted more than three months. It often occurs in younger people whose work involves physical effort and in people of retirement age. It is one of the most common ailments of mankind. It can also be defined as a degenerative disorder in which the vertebral bone or the intervertebral disc becomes soft and loses shape. As a result the spine loses its flexibility causing acute pain in the back. Women are very vulnerable to back pain during pregnancy. This is because during pregnancy there is stretching of the ligaments around the uterus and pressure on the lower back.
Causes of Back Pain
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The various factors responsible for the onset of backache are:
- Back strain
- Strained ligaments
- Back muscle injury
- Excess lifting of heavy objects
- Disc disorders
- Slipped disc
- Chronic diseases like Arthritis, Abdominal disorders, Peptic ulcers, Tuberculosis, Meningitis, Dysmenorrhea in women, Bone cancer, Osteoporosis.
Home Remedies for Back Pain
Soak 60 grams of wheat in water at night. In the morning along with the wheat add 30 grams Cuscus grass (khas khas grass) and 30 grams coriander. Mix this to make a paste and boil it in 250 grams of milk till two-third of it is left. It helps in relieving pain and increases the digestive strength of the body. This remedy is one of the best home remedies for backache.
Intake of equal amounts of khas khas grass and sugar candy mixed and powdered in the dose of 6 grams twice a day with milk is a good home remedy for backache and helps in backache pain relief.
In the morning drink glucose or honey in warm water.
The most effective method to backache treatment is exercise which improves the supply of nutrients to spinal discs, and helps in the delaying of deterioration that takes place, as one gets older.
Proper rest is very important for backache cure. Rest flat on your back for at least 2-4 hours.
Do not bend your back or shoulders while picking up something from the ground. Bend your knee and then pick it up. This exercise is helpful in backache pain relief.
The people doing sedentary occupations should get up once or stand from there seats after every hour.
Soft cushioned seats should be avoided and position should be changed as often as possible. - Note for Back Pain patients.
Persons with back problems should sleep on a firm mattress on their sides with knees bent at right angles.
The most important home remedy for backache oil made from garlic. Two or three garlic cloves should be taken every morning. Garlic oil massaged on the back will give great relief. This garlic oil is prepared by frying ten cloves of garlic in 60 ml of oil(any of oil like mustard oil. sesame oil, and coconut oil) in a frying pan.
Another backache remedy is massage your back with mint oil gently.
Hot fomentations, alternate sponging or application or radiant heat to the back will also give immediate relief. Effective Home Remedy for Back Pain.
Preliminary research has shown that massage alone helps people with low back pain. Rub the painful area of the back with Arthcare oil. This is very effective for relieving the pain. Arthcare penetrates the body tissues faster because of its strong anti-inflammatory action. (available at www.AyurvedicCure.com)
Yogic asanas that are beneficial in the backache treatment are bhujangasana, shalabhasana, halasana, uttarpadasana, and shavasana.
Lemon is useful natural remedy for backache. The juice of one lemon should be mixed with common salt and given to the patient two times as daily routine. It will give backache pain relief.
Heat may be applied with hot water bottle or infrared lamp for temporary backache pain relief in the area.
Natural remedy for backache is massaging the back with turpentine oil has also been proved beneficial in providing relief to the backache.
Raw potato is also one of the good home remedies for backache. Application of raw potato in the poultice form has been found very effective in backache cure.
Excess weight also increases the stress on the soft tissues of back so precautions should be taken to control the weight.
Some exercises beneficial for backache patients
Exercise I
- Lie on your back and gradually raise both legs upwards together as far as you can and then hold your breath.
- After a while bring both the legs down while exhaling.
Exercise II
- Lie on your back with hands slightly apart from the body and both feet together.
- Take some deep breaths and relax completely for about 30 seconds.
- Now start turning your feet in one direction and your head in the other and inhale as much as you can.
- Stay in this posture for sometime, while holding your breath.
- Reverse this process while exhaling and return to the original position
- After a few seconds repeat in the other direction.
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- Whole oats : Cook to a mash with vinegar and apply as hot as possible.
- Cabbage leaves: Boil in milk until a jelly is formed, spread on a cloth and apply hot then leave overnight.
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The sooner (don't even waste a minute) you exercise/stretch after you hurt your back, the better. It will be counterintuitive, but you must work slowly and methodically through the pain by exercise and stretching- carefully. This is where the natural herb helps. Don't be tempted to do more than a little at a time, and don't use it except as medicine (for the most part). I have a presciption, being lucky enought to live in a state that allows this. What a Godsend!
Exercises that develop the strongest core/abdominal muscles are the best. Don't be afraid to use (even heavy) weights to get as strong as you can, but build up to it SLOWLY. I have lived w/ a bad back for 20 years; conditioning slowly to build up to hard exercise is best. Walking, running uphill, biking work great. Don't rest between sets, & try to get as strong as possible. This will build up your core muscles through working the muscles of your limbs.
Hydration is important- I stongly believe that drinking A LOT of water obviates back injury, and also helps one exercise after injury! Vitamin C, spinach/greens, vegs, and lean protein and good fats will also help lower back pain. Heating pad saved me initially. Now I only resort to aspirin occasionally. Tea is good as well (caffeine helps w/ pain).
Stretching in the shower after you exercise is needed: start w/ head between your legs, move head as far as range of motion permits, in every direction. Side bends will help so much- build up. This helped me become a very strong person at the gym; I didn't want to have to lift weights regularly, but I have to.
So I am either really strong and feel good, or I'm in pain and out of shape. C'est la vie. I had to learn the hard way, and suffered for 12 years before I LOST MY EXCESS WEIGHT and got strong. Educate yourself & PLAN ON SUCCESS- ALWAYS!
Peace.
I have some pinch nerve and my bak is killing me!:-(
thanks for these remedies :-)
Dr R K Bansal(Consultant Naturopath) 098722-14509
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1. Daily warm-up exercises and Yoga.
2. Intake of water frequently.
3. M[@]age the back area with a mixture of eucalyptus or mustard oil to reduce pain spasms.
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I have suffered with back pain since I was 15 years old,,,that's over 8 years now. Mine was due to scoliosis, but now that and the type of work I done as a teen, not to mention 2 babies only 21 months apart has put a nicker on me. I'm not one to ingest things that are nasty or strong in taste, let alone pain meds. I have tried exercises the doctors told me to use for the scoliosis, but now those only hurt worse. Thanks for the insights on how to gradually work my way up with the exercises.
the only thing that seem to work long
is vick vapour rub put liberal amount on the area rub in well rest on a hard surface with your back as straight as possible and your knees at about 45 degrees for about 10 mins curl up into a ball afterwards to strech the muscle and get back to your regular routine this work as i do 12 hour shifts of manual labour
Having one leg shorter than the other causes the pelvis to be tipped and throws off the alignment of the vertebrae. Nerves leaving the spinal column can become pinched when vertebral alignment is off.
Also, when I work out at the fitness center I don't use any equipment that would put pressure on my spine and compressi vertebrae together.
Hints for avoiding back trouble that I've come across over the years:
-Wear only shoes with REAL GOOD SHOCK ABSORBERS.
-Don't ever pick up or carry anything heavy.
-Only buy and use very small handbags.
-At the supermarket, always take your groceries to the car in the shopping cart, no matter how few.
-Install a cushioned toilet seat in your bathroom. When you are in a hurry, there is a tendency to plunk down on the toilet and this causes shock to the vertebral column.
-Walk. Walking helps relieve back pain.
I've been suffering from constant chronic back pain for the last 5 days which my doctor said was a side effect of the flu?! It's been so bad that I can't sit, stand, lay an I've been getting next to zero sleep even with over the counter pain killers (have been taking paracetamol and ibuprofen).
I wanted to share with you what worked for me last night to get a good night's sleep: I took my 400mg ibuprofen and 1000mg paracetamol after dinner (drinking plenty of water all day). Ran a HOT bath with normal bubble bath and just laid and soaked in it for an hour. I think the heat helps the pain killers to kick in faster. Went straight to bed and slept through for 7 hours before the ache came back. So will be doing this again tonight.