low back pain

7 Activities You Should Avoid When Your Lower Back Hurts – Episode #7

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…… The L5 disc takes a beating in modern life. Just the act of sitting for long periods is very stressful on the lower back. I know sitting doesn’t seem like a stressful thing, but it is. It’s very unnatural to tuck our pelvis underneath us and sit our body weight on top of it for hours at a time. And it’s almost impossible to sit in a way that is not stressful on the lower back…

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Why Your Back Keeps Going Out And Simple Solutions – Episode #5

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…But what is pain? Pain is a symptom. Pain is an effect. Pain is not the actual problem that you’re having, even though at that time it is dominating everything about your life. The pain is not actually the issue, just like when you’ve got a pain in your tooth because you’ve got a cavity, the pain isn’t the problem. And if you just do something for the pain, if you just put some pain relieving gel on your gums or take an anti-inflammatory or pain pill and the pain goes away, that doesn’t make the cavity go away…

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Weak, Sick, and Stupid – Episode #1

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…There’s plenty that we can do. Our bodies are not weak, sick, and stupid. We are not genetically designed for illness. We are genetically designed for health. We are programmed for health, innately from birth. It’s how our bodies were made. Health is our natural state. So, if we learn the things that bring about health, we can take plenty of measures, do plenty of things to try and help our bodies work better so that we can have a better quality of life…

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