Back Pains Start at the base...

We hear it everyday, “Oh My Aching Back”, and yet we think of “Maybe I lifted too much”, or “I’ve always had a weak back.” How often do we think to ourselves, it must be coming from somewhere else. Just walking down the hall, it is easy to see the picture frame out of kilter. Looking outside we quickly notice that fence that is leaning or sidewalk that is bowed. The answer to these problems seem simple enough. Correct the base and the rest of it straightens out.

The skeleton is a set of fancy building blocks each one adjusting for the next layer following the laws of nature to satisfy the demands of any given situation. When we exceed the threshold, we become symptomatic. “I have a (high) (low) threshold of pain”, is the common response. Studies show, regardless of the symptoms, people often have to be asked “What is the source of the complaint?” to get a consistent result for each patient . It is surprising how quickly the body will respond, when the insult is removed from the patients environment. The foot as well as the core are the base of our machines (our bodies) and nature has constructed to get us to where we need to be each day. It has the capacity to carry the aged from chair to bed, or perform the elitist feats of scaling a cliff to running a marathon.

An interesting thing about your base is that many of the day-to-day aches and pains, stem from a small deformity that allows too much motion in the heel region of the foot. If this moves and tilts too much and the ankle has to adjust, then compensation occurs in the knee, the hip, and the aching back. Just like knocking down a brick wall, each segment has to adjust to meet the needs of standing up. Studies also show that Streatching your Hamstrings and stregnthing your legs and core will help in correcting this deformity and has been amazing in how much it helps back pain. Correct the foundation and the wall stands.

Strengthen up that CORE People!

Out...Cundiff