Easy Home Remedies to Try for Back Pain
There is one ailment that all of us experience at one time or another in our life and that is a backache. Many people experience back pain from over exertion or just having a bad night of sleep. Women often experience backaches during their menstrual periods. While others have chronic back pain from slipped disks, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, scoliosis, etc. So are there any alternate remedies to help the aches and pains?
You bet, and here are a few things you can try:
Honey — has amazing antioxidants and some experts suggest drinking a little honey in warm water in the morning on an empty stomach. What a great natural food cure.
Yoga - Yoga is a great natural exercise that helps tone the back muscles and does wonders for curing backaches.
Heat Packs - always feel great when you have a backache.
Lemon - is a home remedy that many naturopaths suggest for helping backaches. Try taking the juice of 1 lemon with some salt twice a day for about a month to get relief.
Potato - Here’s an old home remedy. Chop up a potato - heat it up in the microwave with a wash cloth - and apply it to the back.
Weight Loss - Many people have a little extra around the middle. If you lose a little, your back will have less to support and it will make you feel better anyway.
Massage - Now who doesn’t like a massage. Have it done professionally or just ask your spouse . Try doing this regularly for six months with herbal oils and feel the results.
Posture - Your mother always told you to sit up straight. She was right.
Sleep - Try sleeping on a flat surface for a while. Many mattresses are too soft, or in some cases too old and don’t provide the support your back needs.
Vitamin C - Some doctors suggest Vitamin C plays an important role in treating backaches. It’s good for you anyway; you should already be taking it.
Garlic Oil - Here’s an old home herbal remedy for you. Take a few cloves of chopped up garlic - fry them in a little oil. Use sesame, coconut or mustard oil. Cook until the oil turns light brown - cool and apply the oil to your back. Be sure to use it regularly and massage it in deeply.
So the next time you wake up with a backache, do something about it just don’t live with the pain.
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