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. There is no event that initiates back pain from this source. It’s just the sum total of all the tensions to which the back is subjected over time. People come into my Neuromuscular Therapy center […]
Limbering up your back first thing in the morning gets the blood flowing to feed your muscles, moves lymph to remove waste products that cause pain and softens the connective tissue that restricts movement. This is the toning and stretching routine I give out at my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston. Best done in bed […]
Back pain from a Lower Limb Length Inequality (LLLI) is a very common phenomenon, but since it is poorly understood medically, it doesn’t get much credence. In my practice I see it all the time. Just this month I’ve seen 5 patients with LLLI in my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston. The treatment usually involves […]
A healthy and fit man in his forties was sent to my Boston area Neuromuscular Therapy center by his wife because of continuous, chronic stiffness and pain in his back. It turned out to be caused by uneven leg length. (medical term: LLLI or Lower Limb Length Inequality). He had no accidents or surgeries that […]