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A24 HEALTH
Wednesday 30 May 2018
Crumbling Foundation

of the discs or nerves. This is why it is com- gina and uterus. During the childbearing
mon to feel multiple types of pain when years the female hormones have continu-
injured. Muscles cause dull aches while ously stimulated the sexual organs. With-
nerves cause sharp pains. out a replacement physical stimulation,
Low back pain is the most prevalent cause the muscles and ligaments weaken and
of disability in people under age forty five. are no longer able to hold the organs in
If you have any of the following symptoms, place. Many times I get a complaint from
you need medical attention. Pain is worse a menopausal woman that “something”
when you cough or sneeze; pain or numb- from the vagina is protruding rather than
ness travels down one or both legs; pain any pain or pressure feelings. A series of
awakens you from sleep; you are finding it ten to fifteen acupuncture treatment are
difficult to or loose control of urine or bow- usually all that is needed for these women
el movement. There are several symptoms to walk normally again. In the many years
of lower back problems. Nearly all lower that we have provided primary care to
back problems present with numbness, our community, every new case of lower
weakness, sciatica pain, stiffness, or tight- back pain has come to us with a diagnosis
ness. When nerve impulses aren’t traveling from an allopathic doctor that there is a
properly from the skin to the brain you will “disk problem”. Either the disk is herniated,
feel numbness. Weakness happens when which would mean that a rupture in the
signals don’t travel properly from the brain wall of a disk, between two vertebras or
to the muscles or from problems in the because nerves are being “pinched”. Of
muscles themselves. I see many patients course, pain medication is provided along
suffering from Type II diabetes with these with trite advice to “take some time off
leg problems. Patients who awaken early to relax”. It is important to tract down the
By: Dr. Carlos Viana in the morning with stiffness are likely to be source of your lower back problems if your
suffering from an inflammatory condition. pain is spontaneous or regularly recurring.
Since there could be a more serious prob- My mother, Nora, suffered for years from
As strong as your house electrical system supplied lem, and a physician should rule out infec- low back problems; directly related to a
might be, if the foundation by the nerves. As the cen- tion and severe psychological problems. somewhat serious automobile accident
of the structure is collaps- ter of the body, dancers Tightness in the back, neck, arms and legs is in the years before belt restraints and air-
ing the dwelling will not last and other athletes realize most often due to changes in the muscles. bags. At her eightieth birthday she walked
long. A strong foundation that all sustainable move- Most neck and back problems are a result effortlessly and confidently to her birthday
supports a strong building. ment in your body origi- of tight, achy muscles brought on by years celebration and honored me with her first
The lower back is truly the nates in your body’s core of bad posture. Additionally, joint stiffness of many dances. A living testament that
foundation of our body’s or center, which includes and pain, could mean you are at risk for lower back pain needs not be a life sen-
structure and an agoniz- the lower back. degenerative osteoarthritis. Poor posture tence. Get The Point! Anne Frank, the sev-
ing lower back means your Lower back pain can and a sedentary lifestyle have shown to enteen-year-old Dutch girl caught hiding
body cannot stand upright. be a combination of the increase the risk of the condition in later from the Nazis said “I simply can’t build my
In our clinic we have seen parts of the back. Injuries years. Sciatica refers to pain that begins in hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery
patients with excruciating are caused either by one the hip and buttocks and continues all the and death... I think... peace and tranquil-
lower back transported to major trauma or by many way down the leg. This pain is also in the ity will return again”. She was not writing
us in the back of station minor traumas that occur lower back. The term “sciatica” indicates about the same foundation, but her words
wagons, SUVs, and hatch- over time. If there is an en- that the sciatic nerve, which travels from ring true for what you are going through
backs. ergy imbalance, such as a the lower back into the leg, is where this suffering from back pain. The negative
The parts of the lower back rotated pelvis, a short leg or pain is moving. While we treat this condi- effects of back pain on family relation-
include the bony structure an increased or decreased tion successfully with acupuncture I check ships, your job, loss of self esteem, guilt,
of your spine and pelvis; curve in the low back, there the health of the prostate in male patients fear, and anger are very real. Accepting
areas of motion which will be areas of heightened and screen women in child bearing ages the sentencing that the structure of your
are the joints of soft pads- tension that will be more for urinary tract or vaginal infections. back has crumbled and your choices are
discs, the supportive struc- vulnerable to irritation and In the postmenopausal female low back to “live with it, or get an operation” is ri-
tures that initiate motion injury. When an injury takes pain, difficulty initiating stool or urination, diculous. There are more options. Call to
are the muscles, ligaments place, there will usually be urinary incontinence, and pelvic pain make an appointment if you are ready to
which are the straps that a muscle spasm and swell- or pressure is usually from a weakening rebuild your foundation for some peace
hold bone to bone and the ing indicating inflammation of the supporting structures of the va- and tranquility.q