Stop Sciatica & Back Pain

Researchers from the University of Queensland found that the support muscles of the men who spent eight weeks in bed were inactivated in a very similar way to those of lower-back pain patients.

Using magnetic resonance imaging, they showed that after eight weeks the muscles that support the vertebrae had wasted and become inactive.

“This is the first study to show that these muscles that protect your spine are switched off,” said Julie Hides, one of the researchers.

She said slumping in front of the television or computer could have exactly the same effect.

The researchers also found that switching these muscles back on is not simply a matter of getting up and walking around.

Some of the volunteers have been monitored for six months and their back muscles have still to recover, despite exercise.

It’s important to pay attention to your posture when you’re relaxing at home and to get up and move around from time to time.

Read more about back pain and back exercises.

We often point out that if you eat rubbish i.e. the junky, processed, chemical-loaded mush that often passes for food these days, you shouldn’t be surprised if sooner or later it affects your health and your back.

Why? Because you loading your body up with toxins that will accumulate over time and interfere with your body and back’s ability to function correctly.

The solution is simple - eat less junk and eat more fresh, natural food. Organis is generally better because the production process introduces far fewer chemicals into the food and organic farmers are usually more quality focused.

More and more organic produce is available. More farmers are switching over, and when you talk to them, the reasons are usually the same. They’ve suffered toxicity (from farm chemicals) themselves or their friends or family have.”

Or their animals. organic farmer Chris Eggert says that in his last year of chemical farming on the land that is now converted to organic, “we spent $20,000 on vet bills for our dairy cows - problems like retained afterbirth, mastitis - caused by poor nutrition related to the grass grown using urea [artificial fertiliser]. The soil was getting hard, and had higher salt content. If the animals are getting sick, then it stands to reason the milk isn’t that good.”

Research newsletter: http://www.organicfqhresearch.org

UK organic organisation: http://www.soilassociation.org

US research site: http://www.organic-center.org

More about back health and nutrition.