Lower Back Pain
Lower Back Pain
The common
held belief is that lower back pain is caused by a
variety of conditions such as bulged discs, arthritis, and herniated
discs. The conventional treatments for low
back pain are chiropractic adjustments, exercise, and surgery.
We have found
that the vast majority of cases of low back pain, the cause is
not found in the lower back. The only
time the pain originates in the lower back is when an injury, impact trauma,
has occurred directly to the lower back.
The three main causes of low back pain that we have found are:
1.
Blockages in
the toes.
This accounts
for 5% of lower back pain. When the
discharge of electricity is restricted in the toes, it backs up to the spine
and causes the spine to swell, like a balloon thus causing herniated and bulged
discs in the lower back.
2.
Tight iliotibial tract, other thigh or groin muscles.
This accounts
for 90% of lower back pain. These
muscles must be released before the pressure on the
lower back can be relieved.
·
The iliotibial tract is a muscle on
the outside of the thigh that runs from the lower gluts to the knee. When this muscle is too tight, it pulls on
the weaker lower back tendons and causes pain.
·
The inside thigh muscles pull on the groin muscles affecting
the alignment of the pelvic bone. Because of the excessive pull of these
muscles on the pelvic bone, the lower back is affected. The pull will affect
how a person walks. If the muscle pull on the outside of the leg, the leg will
twist out, if it pulls in, the leg will twist in. Walking improperly will
result in lower back pain on the opposite side of the problem muscle. Releasing the thigh muscles realigns the leg
and takes stress off the lower back. The test for this cause of lower back pain
is to watch how one walks.
3.
Actual
injury to the back due to physical trauma.
This accounts
for 5% of lower back pain. Falls off a
horse to slips on ice are some reasons for trauma to the back. One would think
that these would be the main cause of lower back pain, but they are not.
In conclusion,
the injuries we have treated ranged from a stubbed toe to hard falls, in all
cases preventing back surgery. We have
found that once the muscles pulling on the lower back are
released, pain is eliminated in all cases.
The treatment
time necessary to eliminate the pain depends on the injury sustained and age of
injury.
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