Alternative therapies are making headway in treating a wide variety of chronic pain. Do you have lower back pain? Fibromyalgia? Sciatica? All of these forms of pain and discomfort can be successfully treated with alternative treatments instead of painkillers.
Dr. Mehmet Oz wrote for the Huffington Post that lower back pain can be effectively healed with Osteopathic Manual Treatment (OMT), which is a specialized form of massage. An osteopathic physician is capable of stretching the skin around inflamed muscles and using pressure along myofascial trigger points of the back.
Nearly 84 percent of all people undergo lower back pain at some instance in their lives, whether it is due to a sports injury, poor posture, or osteoporosis. Knowing that alternative therapies can help means that patients do not need to rely on pain medication, which may cause liver damage or prescribed drug addiction in the long run.
If you have fibromyalgia, you know that there is no known cause of the disease, unfortunately. You are often left feeling fatigued with aches across your whole body. Some common ways to manage the pain of fibromyalgia is to get plenty of sleep, reduce stress, and exercise regularly.
In addition, Dr. Oz advises patients with this disease to consider hypnotherapy. A hypnotherapist will guide you toward a relaxed state of mind, which has reduced pain levels for a number of patients and blocked the need for painkillers.
Sciatica is another form of chronic pain that many women suffer from. It consists of low back pain that moves down toward the legs and feet. It is often caused by nerve compression along the spine, such as a herniated disc.
Physical therapy can actually relieve this sort of pain and successfully treat your back. Physical therapy will help improve posture and flexibility as well as strengthen your muscles in order to prevent further injury. If you have been managing chronic pain for a long time, you may want to consider alternative therapies for alleviating your aches and discomfort.