He adds that “the body is really smart and will do everything it can to not cause pain.” When your body makes these modifications to avoid pain, it can mess with your perception of movement.
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Having better body awareness gives you a deeper understanding of how your movements may contribute to pain, and how you can modify these movements and your body position to reduce pain.Ĭraig explains that in the face of pain, “You forget how to move”. In short, body awareness is “understanding the space your body is in and how it’s moving relative to it”. So what exactly is “body awareness” and what does this have to do with my back pain? Body awareness can feel like a foreign concept. If bending over hurts, you can modify the way that you’re moving with body awareness (we will explain this shortly!). If long car rides are creating pain, build in pit-stops to stretch. Alter the things that are triggering pain. “Motion is lotion” and the appropriate exercise is the best medicine. Keep moving! Counter to the previous notion that “rest is best”, the worst thing you can do is avoid activity.By knowing the best ways to overcome pain, you can ‘nip it in the bud’ quicker and with more confidence. The more you know, the better you’ll do.Almost everyone has experienced back pain in some capacity and they’ve overcome it. To summarize, here are the takeaways so far: Respect time and don’t poke the bruise or pick the scab.”
If your lower back hurts when you sit at your desk for hours at a time, you should modify what you’re doing by moving more often or building a stretch routine into your day performed frequently.Ĭraig sums it up, “Healing takes time. Rather gradually re-introduce the movement and with time it should get easier and feel better. For instance, if it hurts when you do a certain exercise or bend a certain way, do not force it. The only exception to the rule of “keep moving” is to avoid the movements that cause you pain.
Science and research consistently support this along with education as one of the best interventions for low back pain.” This is actually one of the worst things that you could do, the human body was designed to move!Ĭraig, physical therapist with The Prehab Guys, explains, “The big shift is that you need to stay moving…Exercise and movement is the best medicine for LBP. He adds that in the past, the “old school” approach to back pain was to rest and avoid moving. “Across the board, the most important thing for individuals with lower back pain, acute or chronic, is to sustain movement,” explains physical therapist, Craig. Not being afraid of your pain, and knowing that you’re not alone is one of the first steps to moving forward. In fact, at some point in our lives, virtually everyone will experience some degree of back pain-whether it’s acute or chronic. This means knowing that lower back pain is extremely common. Throughout our conversation, Craig underscored the importance of education. Step one for treating back pain is education. Read on for real steps to coping and overcoming back pain flare-ups. Also with education regarding what movements are safe and ok to do while experiencing low back pain, you will already be taking steps forward in the right direction to experience life without your low back pain. The more confident and competent you are managing a flare-up, the more control you will have over your pain. To better manage and overcome back pain, education is key. On top of this, there are real things you can do to try and prevent future back pain episodes as well as manage it when you’re having a flare up. It’s important to know that the pain you feel is temporary and you will get past it.
Remember growing up and having a stressful day? The next day you would wake up with pimples. This can make back pain a vicious cycle.Ĭraig, physical therapist and a founding member of The Prehab Guys, offers an example: “A neurologist once told me that pain can manifest itself physically and a nice example of this is acne. However, worrying about your pain and feeling helpless only contributes to it. When you have your first flare-up you may feel like you’ll never get out of it. Lower back pain (LBP) is both scary and stressful. As a popular physical therapist, Craig has helped thousands of clients and online followers better manage their lower back pain. For this article, we spoke with physical therapist all-star, Craig, of The Prehab Guys.
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