Natural Treatments & Nutrition For Sciatica & Back Pain

There are many different treatments for sciatica and back pain, some of which are described as "natural". These include acupuncture, reiki, herbal or traditional medicines, chiropractic treatment (although this is now widely accepted as mainstream) and so on.

These articles give you an overview of these natural treatments so you decide if you want to try them for your sciatica and back pain.

•  7 Simple Steps to Natural Health & Wellbeing

Natural health doesn't mean you have to live on alfalfa and lentils (not that there's anything wrong with that)!  It's actually a way of keeping yourself and your back healthy and strong so you can get the most from life. Nor is it hard to acquire the skills and knowledge to build and maintain your natural health, although you can't buy it over the counter at the drugstore.

• How Do I Find A Healthy Diet In A World Of Diet Mania? 

Healthy diet and natural health - you could be forgiven for believing we have forgotten what they are and that the world is gripped by diet mania. That's why we have DietIQ - to help you find a way through the diet maze.

• Tips & Guidelines For A Healthy Back

Information from the National Institutes of Health to help you maintain a healthier back. By following these and a few other tips, you will greatly increase your chances of preventing further injury while strengthening your back muscles.

• How To Get On The Road To Natural Health and Wellbeing

Building and maintaining your health, wellbeing and vitality is a skill and it requires knowledge and action.  Like any practice in life, the results you get and health you have, depend on how well you learn and apply skills. 

• Muscle Soreness After Exercise

Many individuals judge the quality of their exercise session from the amount of pain they experience afterwards. These individuals are convinced by the old adage "No Pain No Gain". Research on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) has demonstrated that there may in fact be some truth to this phrase.

• Stabilizing the Core to Eliminate Low-Back Pain

This is the first article of a series of articles to follow. In this article I will be addressing one of the main core stabilizing muscles of the lumbar spine and its role in back pain, as well as specific exercises that should be performed to prevent and recover faster from your back pain. You should make these exercises part of your everyday routine, just like brushing your teeth.

Warm-Up for the Spine - Three Easy Methods to Warm-Up the Spine for Activity

It is estimated that up to 80% of the population has experienced or will experience at least one bout of low back pain in their life.(7) So, it would be wise to warm-up the spine thoroughly prior to physical activity, but how? In this article, I will share with you 3 simple methods that you can use with your clients to prepare their spines for exercise.

How Does Yoga Help Your Sciatica, Health and Wellbeing?

The benefits of yoga are that you can expect your back and body to become stronger and much more flexible, and your mind to become more settled and clear. The postures are called asanas and these are designed to produce beneficial effects in several ways . .

Yoga Exerices For Back Pain Relief

The main reason we suffer from back problems is that we are increasingly becoming sedentary creatures. The upright posture is designed for walking. Today, a high proportion of people spend the better part of their working day sitting at desks, at workstations, or in cars and trucks. These changes in human behavior have had a profound-and largely negative- impact on human physiology.

How Reiki Can Relieve Back Pain & Improve Your Health

Reiki is a Japanese word meaning "universal life force energy". It is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. The benefits of Reiki are that it brings about deep relaxation, destroys energy blockages, detoxifies the system