What is the best pain reliever for lower back pain?

My lower lumbar area L-3, L-4, and S-1 have discs that are no good. Not enough damage to warrent surgery, not that I would want that anyway, but painful enough to keep me flat on my back many times. I have tried so many different types of treatments that I am so discouraged. I just want to know how to live with the pain. Any ideas as to which is the best pain reliever?

Aside from prescription drugs, you're essencially limited to naproxen (Aleve) and high dose ibuprofen 800 mg(Motrin). As I'm sure you know, do the heat/ice every 20 minutes. There's a lot of presciption drugs out there if you want to go that route, talk to your doctor, they'll be able to try different meds to help you relieve the pain. Hope you feel better!

If conventional medicine could not help you any more, then may be try alternative medicine such as chiropractic care, naturopathic medicine, homeopathy and cranial sacral therapy. I know people who were helped by these modalities. Lots of people have disc problems but do not have pain. Pain is more functional symptom than structural. Massage, ice or heat would help temporarily. For permanent result, it is better to work with the alternative practitioner. Several years ago, I had constant low back pain that did not go away until I dealt with the emotions underneath it (usually it is a financial/monetary issue or guilt). Check what is going on in your life when you first start having the pain and work with it either with flower remedies or other alternative ways. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Keep hope and good luck.

There is no medicine for these problems. Therefore we have no other way than to go for such Alternatives.
Our merunivarak Therapy treats back/neck pain within 10 minutes also.
YOG (Meditation) is also a better option.
Acupuncture is a good option.
Pain killers kill the patient and not the pain.


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If the pain truly does keep you on your back, then surely it does warrant surgery, and you should get proper advice and counselling for that option before dismissing it. Surgery for herniated discs has proven efficacy and is not overly risky.
The usual analgesic meds are unlikely to be sufficient - and, in either event, you need an interim referral to a hospital pain management clinic. These are usually headed up by an anaesthetist, who, if necessary, can relieve you of your pain by means of a regional nerve block +/- an epidural.

From the sound of your explanation you have already sought advice - hence the "not enough damage to warrant surgery".

Accepting that you have had advice, which if you haven't, then please see a specialist in the structural field to confirm this. Then your problem is still correctable.

If your discs have decreased in height, if there is degeneration around the area, but not enough for a specialist to say you need surgery - the problem is changeable.

Degeneration of the joint and disc do not have to be the sole cause of your pain. Most degeneration (which occurs with age and gravity) only ever limits flexibilty and mobility in the area.

Pain occurs when joints fail to move freely (degeneration limits how far things move, if they still move freely but less distance there should be no pain), muscles are too tight, other muscles too weak and inflammation.

From what you have described you will more than likely have at least a few of these occurring. As to your solutions ...

Most practitioners will treat you today, if your lucky (or unlucky depending on the practitioner) they may see you more than once or twice a week. You do this for a few weeks and then as you improve you see them less often.

Two problems - this is expensive and doesn't always remove your pain. Why does it not always remove the pain?

Your body has learnt to have your joints and muscles in this state. The longer they are this way the more your body believes this to be normal. SO you need to change the habits to make a permanent change.

How?

You need to possibly still see a practitioner (Chiropractor, Osteopath, Physio or whoever) and then use techniques at home to reinforce the process. Practitioners do not work each day of the week ... it takes 31 days to change a habit, so you need to reinforce things for at least this period of time to make significant change. Even if they did, who could afford it.

The techniques you need to use are easy and simple to do, and free. Just go to http://www.back-pain-advisor.com/back-so... for a free e-course on the necessary stretches, strengthening techniques and joint changes. They work very well even if you decide not to seek help, as they change the habits of the spine and its muscles - hence permanent change.

Otherwise contact me and I can suggest other ways, don't worry your pain will ease and remain that way. Contact me at http://www.back-pain-advisor.com/contact...