This is a series on low back pain. If you missed the summary of causes, go back to Part 1 When a patient comes into my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston with complaints of low back pain, they often mean the portion across the sacrum on either side of the back of the hips and […]
This is a series on low back pain. If you missed the summary of causes, go back to Part 1. Running all the way down your back are two sets of muscles, together called the erector spinae. They keep the spine erect. With the prevalence of postural issues at all age levels, these muscles are […]
This is a series on low back pain. If you missed the summary of causes, go back to Part 1. In my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston I am finding more and more that the lumbar portion of little multifidi (and sometimes the rotatores) muscles is a big cause of low back pain. They form […]
This is a series on low back pain. If you missed the summary of causes, go back to Part 1. Of all the muscles that cause low back pain, the quadratus lumborum is probably chief among them. This little muscle is under all the other low back muscles attaching to the bottom rib, the top […]
This is a series on low back pain. If you missed the summary of causes, go back to Part 1. We all hold our stress in different places depending on our personalities and experience. The low back is a common place to store emotional tension according to John E. Sarno, M.D.. His book, Healing Back […]
This is a series on low back pain. If you missed the summary of causes, go back to Part 1. “Sit up straight!” your mother would correct you. It wasn’t only because you looked bad slumped over, she knew that it was bad for your back, probably because she suffered from back pain herself. The […]
This is a series on low back pain. If you missed the summary of causes, go back to Part 1. When we move, our muscles work by contracting and relaxing, shortening then lengthening. Muscles work in opposing pairs. As one muscle contracts, the opposite muscles relax. That’s how we get movement. For instance, if the […]
This is a series on low back pain. If you missed the summary of causes, go back to Part 1. Often the cause of low back pain emerges after delving into a person’s past medical history and finding a forgotten injury or surgery. You wouldn’t think that something that happened when you were a young […]
This is a series on low back pain. If you missed the summary of causes, go back to Part 1. Whenever the skeleton is asymmetrical, the muscles are affected. Our bodies want to be in a state of equilibrium and have complicated systems to maintain that internal balance (homeostasis). That applies the musculoskeletal system as […]
This is a series on low back pain. If you missed the summary of causes, go back to Part 1. Life throws a lot of curve balls at us. After all, life is a school, not a beach. In the process of learning positive things from these events, we are also challenged emotionally. Those stressful […]