Lower Back Pain Relief - How To Get It
When a patient of mine was told recently by an orthopedic surgeon to give up his driving job was the only way he could relieve his lower back pain, not surprisingly Kevin went through the roof. ‘How would you feel if I told you that the only way to get rid of your low back pain was to give up being an orthopedic surgeon?’ he yelled.
The orthopedic surgeon was sympathetic but repeated his contention that sitting in a lorry for long periods of time was extremely hard on Kevin’s lower back. His recommendation stood.
Remarkably, by the rime Kevin told me his story, he had already found some lower back pain relief and his back had become pain free. ‘Did you change your job?’ I asked. ‘No, although I thought long and hard about it,’ he replied.
‘I was unbelievably depressed and frustrated at first. A couple of weeks passed and I was driving, with my lower and middle back taped up to hold out for the rest of the run, when a Peggy Lee song came on the air about “Is that all there is?” The thought struck me. I couldn’t believe that all modern medicine could offer was changing my job.’
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