Inosomnia, allergy and lower back pain remedies

March 22, 2009

These are a few remedies that worked for me for health problems I had for years.

I injured my back weight lifting the wrong way for years. So my back was always

a problem, but I was always able to mostly remedy the pain by suspending the

lower half of my body by holding myself up with my hands on the edge of a

counter, shopping cart, etc. Whenever I suspended myself my back would pop where

it was injured which would relieve almost all the pain. Then one day I did some

straight leg dead lifts with light weights, and the next day my back hurt much

worse and the pain would not go away. My pain level was about 8/10. I had

trouble moving in bed, and my back hurt badly when I sneezed. So after about 100

trips to the chiropractor the pain level went down to about 2/10. Then I saw a

physical therapist who pressed down at the injury spot and gave me a few

exercises like stretching my quads, because tight quads pull the hips forward,

placing a tennis ball underneath me on the injured spot when lying face up,

using a foam roller, etc. All these exercises probably helped, but the only one

that made a noticeable difference was when the therapist pressed down on the

injured spot. So after seeing the therapist my pain level was like 1/10. Then I

saw someone on Youtube doing wrestler's backbridging claiming that this exercise

helps injured spines. I tried it and noticed an instant improvement and started

doing it regularly. Now my pain level is less than 1/10, and my back feels

normal most of the time. The first chiropractor I saw told me I had a 50/50

chance of noticing any improvement from chiropractic care. When doing the

exercise hold the bridging position for as long as is comfortable and keep

arching up as high as you can always trying to get your nose closer to the

floor. The more you arch the better the stretch of the spine. This backbridging

exercise may have been all I needed. So, if you have back problems try these

remedies in the reverse order I tried them: backbridging then physical therapy

and finally chiropractic. Try physical therapy before chiropractic because

chiropractic requires many treatments usually. I only needed to go to the

physical therapist a few times. Other back remedying exercises like those on

Youtube are worth a try too.

I suffered from allergies for years. My nose would run year round, and I would

get major allergy attacks where my nose would run and I would sneeze for hours.

I had the carpet removed and hard floors installed, and my allergies dropped by

80-90% instantly. The dust, dust mites, mold or whatever else in carpet were the

main causes throughout my life.

I had trouble sleeping most of my life. Then one day a revelation came to me and

I bought some ears plugs. Problem solved. Duh, years of suffering could have

been eliminated with just ear plugs. Makes one feel a little retarded. I stopped

using the ear plugs and now use, I'm embarrassed to say, ear protection shooting

muffs because the ear plugs were pushing too much wax into my ears, and I would

have to occasionally use garlic oil and a squirt bulb to clean out the wax which

works well by the way. I also use a sleeping mask which is also essential. I

haven't had any trouble sleeping since dawning sleeping mask and ear muffs.

I went to the doctor for the insomnia and allergies. Of course, he prescribed

pharmaceuticals for both. Both I'm sure rather dangerous. The steroidal spray

did work but at what cost and danger to my health? The sleeping pills did not

work. Typical conventional medicine. Just prescribe pills and don't look for the

underlying cause. Pills were not the solution for me. An alternative

practitioner would have I'm sure investigated the underlying causes more

thoroughly. Pharmaceuticals are the fifth leading cause of death for Americans

and the leading cause of addiction, but there's a war on drugs. Check out

Mercola and psychetruth on Youtube for some revealing videos on how the

pharmaceutical industry operates. Pretty scary, but they're not much different

than most industries.

A long post, but I wrote it hoping my experiences will save someone trouble. A

little knowledge can oftentimes save a lot of hassle.

March 23, 2009

How about catnip tea?

, " ccmg1234 " <ccmg5678 wrote:

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> These are a few remedies that worked for me for health problems I had for

years. I injured my back weight lifting the wrong way for years. So my back was

always a problem, but I was always able to mostly remedy the pain by suspending

the lower half of my body by holding myself up with my hands on the edge of a