How To Plan An Effective Meeting With Your Doctor
You’ll probably leave with back pain and no plan.
No satisfactory diagnosis either.
I know, I’ve done it. It’s frustrating. You get nowhere.
What Can Doctors Do for Your Back Pain?
Not as much as you can.
The truth is, for most people, your doctor doesn’t know what’s causing the pain.
(S)he will examine you to establish whether there are any signs of a serious medical condition.
Having ruled out a serious medical problem, that leaves some sort of strain or sprain as the likely cause.
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The back is a complex structure.
The doctor can’t pinpoint the exact location of a soft tissue strain and wouldn’t be able to treat it more effectively if (s)he could. The usual advice is to take pain relief and keep active, it will get better in time.
While there is some merit in this approach, it really doesn’t help if you suffer on-going back problems.
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You don’t want to be in pain, throwing your back out, then waiting for it to get better, over and over.
It’s no way to live.
Welcome to the Twilight Zone of non-specific back pain.
Otherwise known as simple back pain or unexplained back pain.
To navigate your way out of the Zone and back into the land of the living you need a route map.
About Me
Hi, I’m Iain Barker creator of Back Pain Liberation.
I got back pain young and it got worse over time. Like many others in this situation, I saw plenty of doctors and therapists – all to no avail.
In the end self-help worked best – it often does for bad backs. Now I train regularly, focus on what works, and don’t get back pain.
My goal is to share what I learned. To help you find a more effective way when treatment doesn’t hit the spot.
The Two Things You Need to Find Out
I highly recommend that you seek medical advice for your back pain.
Do it at an early stage.
Know in advance what you want to establish from the meeting. There are two key pieces of information that will determine how you can tackle the issue.
1. Do You Have a Diagnosable Medical Condition?
Most likely there will be no clear diagnosis.
Doctors don’t like to frighten their patients with words like ‘unexplained’ or ‘non-specific’. They don’t like to alienate someone in pain by referring to their condition as ‘simple’.
Don’t expect to hear these exact phrases, especially without prompting from you.
Bottom line; if you don’t get a specific diagnosis, then it’s non-specific back pain.
2. Can You Exercise?
Is your Doctor happy for you to do moderate exercise with a view to mobilise, strengthen and relax your back?
By doing the right exercise in the right way you can achieve amazing results.
What Now, Charlie Brown?
Most people will leave the doctor with no clear diagnosis and a vague idea that some sort of exercise would probably help.
Maybe swimming.
This was me, some years ago.
The Back Pain Liberation strategy is all about how to proceed from this point – everything I learned the by trial and error.
From being all at sea, to having a clear, workable strategy and overcoming back pain.
Unexplained back pain may not seem like a positive outcome from your meeting, but this is the best possible result.
Some will get a diagnosis of a minor condition. Your doctor may still say that you can exercise. This is outside my experience. You may find the strategy helpful in conjunction with medical advice.
In the unlikely event of a serious medical condition, of course you must follow your doctor’s instructions.
So, by the time you leave the meeting with your doctor, you should have a clear idea of where you’re heading.
If you’re not getting a firm diagnosis and treatment then stop thinking of your pain as a medical problem.
Take control of your own well being and follow a proven strategy to deal with your own problem your own way.
I don’t know any way to do this without training for better posture. It’s going to take some work.
Check out the Webinar “How to Beat Back Pain” for more.