If I had to share a top neck and back pain tip, it would be to avoid aggravation. Here’s why.
There are many self-care and provided treatment options available for neck pain and back pain. In most cases, by the time we feel that pain, it’s already become a problem. Whether that problem developed by accident, injury, or daily use, the pain is never fun.
The body is constantly trying to relieve itself of these aches and pains. It has a wonderful system for repair and regeneration. It often doesn’t require much help; rather it just needs the right opportunity to heal.
That opportunity comes with the right environment. As long as the body has a chance at maintaining or creating that environment, it usually does pretty well on its own.
Some problems that are caught early or that are more minor in nature heal pretty fast. A person can feel better in a shorter period of time.
Other problems that have been present for a longer time or that involved more significant trauma can take a while to improve.
However, the environment in both cases is equally valuable. The healthier someone is, the better their condition when that problem happens, usually the better it will turn out. That environment can make such a big difference that sometimes even significant problems can quickly improve.
Our daily choices are directly coupled with the health of that environment. It’s the day to day life we live that will contribute to our ability to recover. Or, it will also be the reason we may not feel better as fast or as much as we’d like.
By avoiding aggravations and creating a good environment, neck pain and back pain can improve.
In a nutshell, if someone is taking an over-the-counter product to help with pain, but they keep doing what caused the problem in the first place, it’s an uphill battle at best. If someone is doing self-care and then places themselves in the same situation that caused the accident or injury, it’s often an aggravation waiting to happen.
Finally, if someone is getting treatment and they make choices that impair the body’s ability to fix the problem, relief will be challenging, often temporary, and can be even be impossible.
You provide a better environment for the relief to happen by avoiding aggravations when you have neck pain or back pain. That is why it’s a top neck and back pain tip.
There are times that avoiding aggravation can be hard to do. When we have work to be done, places to be, stress in our lives, and fun activities to experience, avoiding aggravations may not top our list. That’s when we turn to solutions like those found on the pharmacy shelves or in treatment clinics.
This makes sense. When we’re sore, our first goal is certainly to feel good again. Feeling good can’t happen fast enough when pain keeps us from doing what we want to do every day. In fact, that’s what pain is designed to do. Without pain as a signal from our body, we might permanently injure or damage our parts.
That’s an important reason for avoiding aggravations for neck and back pain improvement. It meets your body’s request for healing. When we try to take a short cut, bypass the process, or ignore the steps, we can get some fast relief, no question. Does that relief come at a price?
The answer is maybe.
Another perspective on neck and back pain involves the number of cases that become chronic. Some researchers and clinicians report that up to 30% of neck pain and back pain cases become chronic. Those same sources cite misdiagnosis and delayed or insufficient treatment as the cause.
For that reason, it never hurts to get some personalized advice and individualized guidance. This is best accomplished with an assessment of the parts of the body involved with the pain problem. Checking how things are sitting and moving while also providing suggestions for improving inflammation is valuable.
Another way to look at avoiding aggravation is to create a nurturing and caring space for parts of the body to heal. That healing often occurs on the cellular and tissue level. Therefore, protecting that tissue while giving our parts what they need to improve is a solid approach.
Here’s a list of potential things to avoid while looking to improve your neck and back pain:
- Turning or moving in a way to check if the pain is still there
- Engaging in repetitive or strenuous movement of a sore part of the body
- When having to do things, not watching the technique or posture being used
- Over stretching or trying to strengthen a part of the body before it’s ready
- Poking, prodding, or over stimulating muscles or other tissues that first need to rest
Neck and back pain are never fun. Take your time and listen to your body when helping it to heal. Seek out guidance and care when you feel it is right. Do your best to help create an environment for healing while also avoiding aggravation. Go easy, take your time, and you will feel better to the best of your body’s ability.
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