Back pain tips are common, but they usually mask symptoms instead of healing the cause.

By Dr. Thomas Polucki

In my last article about back pain, I touched on how chronic back pain that doesn’t respond to various treatments may actually be caused by what we call a posture short circuit.

You’ve heard about or maybe tried all kinds of back pain tips involving pills, ice, heat, stretches, bending, braces, exercise, shots, needles, surgery, getting cracked. But you’re still in pain. You’re looking for something different.

If so, skip straight to the “something completely different” section below and learn why you still have back pain, why and what you need to do.

How Most People Deal With Back Pain:

Step 1 – Ignore it! Maybe it will go away.

Step 2 – Take a pain pill. The TV commercial says you only need two of these instead of four of those.

Step 3 – Maybe a heating pad or icing it will help. Mmmm, heat. Brrrrrr, cold.

Step 4 – There are some good stretch exercise videos on YouTube; maybe it’s just a sore muscle.

Step 5 – It hurts when you bend, so don’t bend.

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Step 6 – Maybe get one of those electrified braces from the drugstore. Feels kind of good.

Step 7 – You’ve heard acupuncture works even though you don’t like needles.

Step 8 – Maybe the drugs you’re taking just aren’t strong enough; the doctor can prescribe stronger drugs or maybe a give you a shot of something.

Step 9 – The doctor sends you for an MRI and you have a bad disc, arthritis and stenosis? You might need surgery, but first you have to do a couple weeks of physical therapy.

Step 10 – You had the surgery, still have pain, need six more months of physical therapy…maybe another surgery.

There is a chiropractic variation on this program that includes getting your back cracked somewhere between the steps listed above.

If you’ve been through this 10-step program and still have back pain, let me show you why.

Something Completely Different: Treat the Cause, Not the Symptom

The problem causing your back pain wasn’t the disc, the arthritis, stenosis, the muscle or the inflammation.

All the problems listed above are symptoms — not causes.

That’s why you still have back pain after treating all those symptoms. Learn more about effective back pain remedies here.

Now, we know back pain is rarely caused by a tumor, infection or cancer. But these things, while rare, are life-threatening and need to be ruled out.

Back Pain Caused by Postural Short Circuit Can be Easily Relieved

Otherwise, without a direct injury to the lower back, like getting hit by something or falling and landing directly on your back, most low back pain is caused by a postural short circuit.

If you have been told you have a short leg, forward head posture, bad posture, tilted pelvis, stooped shoulders…if you notice that one shoe wears down differently than the other, or one sleeve hangs longer than the other, or you “store stress” in your shoulders or your head feels heavy, you probably have a postural short circuit.

And while years of bracing, surgery or months of rehabilitation rarely correct a postural short circuit, a simple no-twist, no-crack adjustment of the joints at the top of your neck could end the short circuit, release the stress, give your body a chance to heal and put an end to the back pain.

So if you are ready to:

• move easier;
• sleep better;
• avoid surgery;
• and have less back pain,

take my free, fast and confidential online survey at http://www.drpolucki.com/consultation/ and you may qualify for a free 15-minute phone consultation.

About Santa Clarita Chiropractor Dr. Thomas Polucki

Dr. Thomas Polucki is a Board Certified Doctor of Chiropractic, Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, Certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Certified Metabolic Typing Advisor and Certified Upper Cervical Chiropractor.

Dr. Polucki provides Functional Medicine services in most cities via remote labs and Internet consultations. He sees patients by appointment at 25050 Peachland Ave., Suite 105, Newhall, Calif., 91321. Visit http://www.drpolucki.com for more information or call 661-753-9340 to schedule an appointment.

Dr. Polucki also hosts the “Dr. Polucki Family Health Hour” on AM 1220 KHTS radio in Santa Clarita Mondays from 11 a.m. to noon. Click here to listen to the podcasts.

The information in this article is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease.