The Two Words That Are Keeping You in Pain
If you suffer from lower back pain, or any other physical condition or injury for that matter, I am willing to bet that you have never heard these two words from the mouth of your doctor, physical therapist, or other health care provider.
So what are these two mysterious words? Muscle imbalances.
See, what most people don’t realize is that lower back pain is typically a process, meaning that it develops over time. While people tend to attach it to an incident like shoveling snow, sneezing, or picking up a box, the fact is that the problem has been there for months or years, but you are just now aware of it because there’s now pain.
Here's what happens...
Over time, various muscle groups in our body become out of balance. One muscle gets stronger while the opposing muscle gets weaker. This imbalance pulls our bones, joints, and spine out of alignment. These muscle imbalances force our body to function in a dysfunctional way, and this places excessive, uneven, and unnecessary strain and wear and tear on our muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones, cartilage, and spinal discs.
The real key to eliminating lower back pain (or any other ache, pain, or injury) is to start at the beginning, and that means you need to identify and address the underlying cause, which is almost always muscle imbalances.
So if you are dealing with lower back pain, or any other condition, I suggest you make identifying your muscle imbalances your number one priority, and once you do, you’ll be on your way to lasting relief.
While this evaluation and treatment approach is extremely effective, it is not well known, so you will likely have a very hard time finding a health care professional who is trained in this approach. The good news is that there are simple “self-tests” you can do on your own to get a very good idea of what dysfunctions you have and the underlying muscle imbalances that have created your condition and pain.
About the Author
Jesse Cannone is a certified fitness trainer and rehabilitation specialist, and is the co-founder of the Healthy Back Institute (www.LoseTheBackPain.com). He is a recognized expert in the treatment of back pain and has been featured on television news programs like NBC, radio programs across the US, and in magazines like Woman’s World and Entrepreneur. Over 32,000 people in 94 different countries around the world have used his ''Lose the Back Pain'' system to eliminate their pain.
