This is a comment I posted in response to the US News & World Report article on chronic pain:
The Solution To Back Pain Your Doctor Won’t Tell You About
My heart goes out to the millions of people who suffer back pain. I’ve been there, I found a solution, and my goal is to share this solution that doctors will never tell their patients about.
From 1995-2001, I suffered intermittent sciatic pain caused by a pinched nerve in my lower back. When it first started, I felt intense pain for a few hours and then it subsided. But every few months, it came back worse. It got to the point that in the spring of 2000, I was nearly paralyzed with sciatic pain for 2 weeks. I was only 28.
I took pain medications, I got massages, I spent many hours in a heated pool, I went to a chiropractor, I stretched, I got acupuncture, I got physical therapy. Nothing worked. I thought my last options were cortisone injections and/or back surgery. Desperate to find a natural and side-effect-free solution, I tried floating in a floatation tank.
For the entire week prior to visiting the floatation center in 2001, I was barely able to sleep because lying in bed was so painful. I was barely able to feed or bathe myself. Since I was living by myself, I had to drive myself to the floatation center, which was unfortunate because that made the pain far worse.
I walked into the floatation center looking like a rusted-out zombie. Every step sent shooting pain through my body. But within 45 minutes of floating weightlessly in the Epsom saltwater, I was pain free! Not only that, the muscles around the pinched nerve that were so tight from responding to the constant shooting pain were now loose and flexible.
Pain medication dulled the pain slightly, but it never eliminated it. Muscle relaxants didn’t work at all, they only made me groggy. Standing in the heated pool for hours took some of the edge off, but it was only temporary relief. I’d been living with such intense pain for 6 years, I didn’t think anything could eliminate it, but the floatation tank did just that. There are no side effects other than improved mood and lower stress, due to endorphins being released as a result of the deep relaxation.
My doctor took x-rays of my back and concluded that I should be in constant pain and have difficulty walking straight. That’s not the case any longer. After doing some research, I learned that the floatation tank is also effective for pain caused by fibromyalgia (another group of people that my heart goes out to), sore muscles (due to athletics, charley horse, restless leg syndrome) arthritis, late term pregnancy (back pain), and more.
I’ve published the most informative educational website about the many health benefits offered by floating. Since I’m not selling anything, I hope the folks who run this website won’t mind me mentioning the address – floatforhealth.net.
My desire is that everyone who can benefit from this virtually unknown therapy will be introduced to it so they can make an informed decision about how they treat their pain. Your doctor isn’t going to tell you about this. I encourage you to do your own research
The Solution To Back Pain Your Doctor Won’t Tell You About
My heart goes out to the millions of people who suffer back pain. I’ve been there, I found a solution, and my goal is to share this solution that doctors will never tell their patients about.
From 1995-2001, I suffered intermittent sciatic pain caused by a pinched nerve in my lower back. When it first started, I felt intense pain for a few hours and then it subsided. But every few months, it came back worse. It got to the point that in the spring of 2000, I was nearly paralyzed with sciatic pain for 2 weeks. I was only 28.
I took pain medications, I got massages, I spent many hours in a heated pool, I went to a chiropractor, I stretched, I got acupuncture, I got physical therapy. Nothing worked. I thought my last options were cortisone injections and/or back surgery. Desperate to find a natural and side-effect-free solution, I tried floating in a floatation tank.
For the entire week prior to visiting the floatation center in 2001, I was barely able to sleep because lying in bed was so painful. I was barely able to feed or bathe myself. Since I was living by myself, I had to drive myself to the floatation center, which was unfortunate because that made the pain far worse.
I walked into the floatation center looking like a rusted-out zombie. Every step sent shooting pain through my body. But within 45 minutes of floating weightlessly in the Epsom saltwater, I was pain free! Not only that, the muscles around the pinched nerve that were so tight from responding to the constant shooting pain were now loose and flexible.
Pain medication dulled the pain slightly, but it never eliminated it. Muscle relaxants didn’t work at all, they only made me groggy. Standing in the heated pool for hours took some of the edge off, but it was only temporary relief. I’d been living with such intense pain for 6 years, I didn’t think anything could eliminate it, but the floatation tank did just that. There are no side effects other than improved mood and lower stress, due to endorphins being released as a result of the deep relaxation.
My doctor took x-rays of my back and concluded that I should be in constant pain and have difficulty walking straight. That’s not the case any longer. After doing some research, I learned that the floatation tank is also effective for pain caused by fibromyalgia (another group of people that my heart goes out to), sore muscles (due to athletics, charley horse, restless leg syndrome) arthritis, late term pregnancy (back pain), and more.
I’ve published the most informative educational website about the many health benefits offered by floating. Since I’m not selling anything, I hope the folks who run this website won’t mind me mentioning the address – floatforhealth.net.
My desire is that everyone who can benefit from this virtually unknown therapy will be introduced to it so they can make an informed decision about how they treat their pain. Your doctor isn’t going to tell you about this. I encourage you to do your own research