Lower Back Pain

Lower back pain is very common these days and it has a number of contributing factors and causes which makes it rather hard to fix when approached in the traditional way.  For almost a week I have had some mild lower back pain and I know it was caused by performing several sets of deadlifts at a low weight after not really training for about two weeks.  The pain is mostly tolerable and just annoying but I feel it when I run and it prevents me from working out at my desired intensity. 

Even though I have a good idea of what caused my lower back pain I still want to address certain things that will contribute to its treatment.  Just like when we render first aid to anyone where we always control shock, when I suffer with any ailment, especially lower back pain, I want to control stress.  Stress alone is enough to cause lower back pain and certainly can exacerbate lower back pain.  On the positive side by soothing my stress I can help my mind and body with its natural functions to clear out damaged tissue and repair and remodel new tissue. 

I also want to keep moving my body above, below, and around the affected area, I use caution and go slow and pay attention to my breathing, this helps keep the lymph flowing to clear out damaged tissue and prevent the formation of fat adhesions.  I must also pay attention to what and how much I eat so as not to provoke excess inflammation in my lower back.  I also rely upon self-myofacial release (SMR) with the foam roller and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) with a jump stretch band.

One key thing to remember is that simply treating my lower back pain helps to organize my mind and body toward its natural healing and repair functions and really gets the ball rolling in the right direction.  I think that doing something constructive is better than doing nothing, and the more faith I have in the treatments I use the better those treatments will work 

I like yoga for this because it helps reduce stress, keeps me moving, and helps my lymph move out.For something to just dull the muscle pain I like using arnica.