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. 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 […]
Weekend warriors please take note: My son, age 30, recently called me about his back. He was lying in the grass outside of his office building because the spasms had become so severe that he couldn’t sit at his desk without pain. I had him move in specific ways to help me understand what muscles […]
Why do I have low back pain? This is one of the most common questions I get in my Neuromuscular Therapy practice near Boston. After all, this is the most common insurance claim, pointed out by Dr. David Eisenberg in his surprising study that showed that about 60% of our population goes to alternative therapists […]