When you are in acute low-back pain – when your back is locked down and your pain level is a 9 out of 10 – can massage help? The short answer: Yes. Massage can definitely help. I have many clients who benefit greatly from regular massage to help keep their backs healthy and from treatment […]
The Self-Healing Mind Trick for Low-Back Pain
Low-back pain sucks! Its insidious persistence annoys you. The way it saps your vitality is disheartening. You just want to get back to your normal, pain-free life. It frustrates your doctor, who can offer only pain medications and educated guesses as to when it might pass. The very nature of low-back pain can lock your […]
Lessons from a Low-Back Pain Episode
My path to a massage career began with recurring bouts of severe low-back pain many years ago. I would routinely get clobbered by episodes of pain that would put me in bed for days at a time. One of the reasons I ended up in bed is because that’s what my doctor recommended. Back then, […]