Chronic actually means long lasting or recurs often and chronic back pain can be such a burden that you can have for weeks, months, years or even for the rest of your life. Unfortunately most of this people have this condition for so long and they never find the cure. The best thing they can do is being able to manage the pain. Here are some tips that can help you manage back pain.
Take time to learn meditation and deep breathing exercise.
One method that helps your body relax naturally is through meditation and deep breathing which is quite effective in decreasing pain. The most common of meditation involves the power of repetition, ignoring any thoughts and just focusing on the breath and start repeating a word or phrase allows your body to relax. You can actually learn meditation on your own but it would be better if you take a class and you learn it fast.
Deep breathing is another method. You just go find a quite place and position yourself comfortably and block out any distracting thoughts. Next is to imagine a spot just below your navel and start breathing into that spot. Let the air fill you from your abdomen and up and then let it out. This is one method which can help in easing pain as well as stress.
Lessens Stress.
Stress is the number one culprit for most diseases that one have today. If it is not the major cause it worsens your condition one way or the other. Having negative feeling like stress, anxiety, anger and depression can make your body sensitive to pain thus you have to control your stress to find some relief from chronic pain.
There are several ways to reduce stress and promote relaxation like listening to soothing music, mental imagery relaxation as well as progressive muscle relaxation. All this promotes relaxation helps makes pain bearable.
Exercise stimulates natural endorphins in the body thus boost chronic pain relief.
Endorphin is brain chemicals that boost your mood and at the same time blocks any pain signals in the body. Exercise can do a lot for you like strengthens muscles, reduce heart disease risk, control your blood sugar, control your weight and many more. Consult your doctor what exercise program is good for you.
Join support group and meet other people who are suffering chronic back pain.
Being with people who suffers the same condition as yours and understand what you are going through helps you feel that you are not alone. You can share your experiences as well as pick some positive things from them too regarding on how to cope with pain. One important thing, you can meet with mental health professional since living with chronic back pain can lead to depression which just worsens your condition.
Learn to live a healthy lifestyle.
When you are in pain, sleep becomes difficult and taking alcohol can make any sleep problem worst so better avoid any kind of alcohol. Another thing to avoid is smoking. It can worsen any pain conditions and puts you at high risk with cancer and heart disease.
Monitor your pain level daily.
To help manage your pain, always keep a diary of your daily activities and rate how high your pain score is everyday. This will help you and your doctor in understanding how you are living with chronic pain and how you are coping with it. Treatment then can be base in how serious your pain is.
Regular Massage Therapy.
Massage aids in reducing stress and relieve tension and this is often use by people who suffers various pain in the body most especially neck and back pain.
Always have a Healthy Balanced Diet.
Balance diets are the key to staying healthy and have a pain free body. It is important in various ways for it aids digestive process, keeps weight under control, and lessens the risk of heart disease and improving blood sugar levels. A diet compose of fresh vegetables and fruits, whole grain cereals and breads, cooked dried beans and peas, milk and many more.
Keep yourself busy.
It is indeed hard to engage in activities when you feel pain but if you can distract yourself and not focus in your pain, it would be much better. You might not be totally free with pain but pain management is not impossible and you can take control of your life.