An exercise program would be very helpful. Certainly after you have had a baby, your abdominal or stomach muscles remain somewhat stretched for a while. The abdominal muscles, as well as the back muscles, give support to the upper body.…
Category: Back Pain
Backache from Carrying New Baby. Part 1
Q.I have an eight-week-old baby. I’ve had my six-week postpartum checkup and everything is great. However, I’ve started having some mild back pain. I think it is from carrying my son up and down the stairs all day — I…
Can you tell me about a device called TENS? Will it relieve my back pain?
Q. Can you tell me about a device called TENS? Will it relieve my back pain? A. TENS stands for transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation. The device is intended to relieve pain by preventing pain signals from reaching your brain. TENS…
Get Rid of Back Pain
Do you have lower back pain? Then you probably hear people say, ‘If you strengthen your abdominal muscles, then your lower back problems will subside.’ This is partially true, but you have to strengthen your gluteal muscles, (buttocks) too. This…
Back Aches II
Moaning’s Law Just let the subject of lower back ache come up in a group and what started out a tidy conversation develops into a free-for-all, with men and women, old and young, fighting to share their woes.
Back Aches I
It is very possible that at least 50% of backaches are mentally induced, the wages of the sin of nervous tension. The spinal column houses the spinal cord, a main pipeline of the nervous system. Nerves continually on edge constantly…