Fortunately, you can choose not to suffer in silence – there are steps you can take to prevent back pain and if you already have chronic back pain, to at least lessen the pain

THIS WEEK'S LESSON:
Prevention is far less painful than cure. Don’t wait till you are lying in bed, crying from pain, before you follow the simple disciplines of a healthy lifestyle.

Stretching the right muscles is one of the best solutions for chronic back pain, especially if you have trouble sitting for long periods of time. For a series of simple exercises you can do at home to strengthen your lower back and increase flexibility, click here. In order not to further aggravate the situation, make sure you don’t engage in exercises that jolt or strain the back, always maintain correct posture, and avoid lifting heavy objects incorrectly.

The other solution lies in what we eat everyday. Maintain proper nutrition and a healthy diet to reduce and prevent excessive weight, especially weight around the waistline that taxes lower back muscles. Make sure your diet has sufficient daily intake of calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D to help promote new bone growth.

What has also helped me a lot is taking bovine colostrum everyday. Colostrum is literally ‘nature’s first food’. It is the pre-milk fluid that all female mammals give their newborn baby in the first few days after birth. It is a highly complex cocktail of vital immune and growth factors to help increase the natural immunity of a baby and to protect it against the diseases it will be exposed to, and assists with the development of the newborn into a strong and healthy adult.

Besides the numerous benefits of colostrum, it has been found to help in bone regeneration - it regenerates osteoclasts that break down old bone, and osteoblasts which form new bone. The lactoferrin in colostrum has the ability to stimulate bone forming cells while the growth factors present, especially insulin-like growth factor-I (IgF-I, can stimulate bone regeneration.

The colostrum I take is called Alpha Lipid Lifeline; besides colostrum taken from pasture-fed cows from New Zealand, it has the added benefit of 100% RDA of vitamins and minerals and 1000 milligrams of calcium which further enhance bone building.

I had one client in his early 30s who was suffering from a prolapsed invertebral disc. For weeks, he was in great pain and could hardly get up from bed. He had to go on medical leave for a long period of time, which affected his career. His doctors told him there was nothing much they could do about the pain except give him pain-killers as an operation was not advisable. We recommended him Alpha Lipid Lifeline, and after two weeks on it, he told us he felt much better. Now he can move around easily, and when the pain does come, it’s more tolerable. For more details and to order Alpha Lipid Lifeline, click here.

“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”~ Jim Rohn

THIS WEEK'S ACTION STEP

Although Jim Rohn, in his quote above, was probably referring to emotional rather than physical pain, it can very well apply to both. I have written on simple disciplines time and again, because I know if I can get the message across, it could make the difference between life and death, literally.

So, here are some simple disciplines you could observe to keep that back pain away:

I'll see you next week!

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