There are everyday things that we do that eventually lead to back problems. The way we sit, the way we stand, how we lift things and even the way we turn our bodies. Along with utilizing poor posture with these situations, there is the lack of body movement altogether, in other words, a very sedentary lifestyle. Even the type of shoes you wear can influence how it will affect your back health. This is especially prevalent in the case of women's high heel shoes and now the style of men's shoes are even using this stacked heel design. This style places a tremendous stress on the front of the foot, the ankle, the joints and all the way up to the back itself, throwing the natural alignment out of place.
If you're thinking that maybe surgery will correct the problem, just be aware that most back surgeries are successful less than half the time. That's a poor statistic when it comes to something as important and sensitive as your back. A mistake could make matters worse, in the sense that you might have more pain than you had before the surgery or even worse you could end up with a palsy in one or both legs or an incontinence problem. This is rare but it does happen from time to time.
You can treat most back problems and sciatica pain yourself. The first thing to do is see a medical professional for a thorough assessment of your back situation. This will rule out any other problems such as tumors and will pinpoint exactly what is causing the back and legs pains.
If you're lucky enough to find out that your back and leg pain is due to tensed muscles, here are some things that you can do almost immediately. you need to increase the blood flow to the affected areas. This can be achieved by the use of warm compresses, a heating pad, even a hot water bottle. A mild massage of the back will also help to increase the blood flow.
Take a look at the way you're sleeping and what you're sleeping on. You should be resting on your back to take the weight and stress off of the back muscles. You think this would be the opposite, but when you sleep on your stomach, your weight gets pulled down towards your stomach and then puts added stress on your back pulling it out of alignment. Which brings up the mattress you're resting on if it's too soft this will only exacerbate the problem. The mattress should be on the hard to firm side.
You can use a bar set just above your upward outstretched reach to hang from, you don't have to do any chin ups, even a doorway top moulding will work if it is strong enough or else you can use one of the low cost portable exercise units carried by most department stores that fit in the doorway. This will allow gravity to help stretch out the tensed muscles in your back. On the ground the simple stretches to touch your toes with your legs straight, will work to stretch out the tensed muscles of the leg, thigh and hip areas as well as the back.
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