Moving Through Back Pain

Dr. Amy shares her journey after a recent bout with acute back pain and how she used the Opt2Liv coaching protocols to move through it and facilitate her healing.

Dr. highlights some of the statistics of back pain and starts with 84% of adults will have low back pain some time in their lives. She breaks down back pain into acute, subacute (4-12 wk) or chronic (>12 weeks). 85% of cases are nonspecific, or of unknown cause, and it is the 5th leading cause of office visits to the doctor.

Dr Amy shares the role of movement in treating back pain. She discusses what happens in the back tissues and muscles after injury that cause pain. And how exercise improves both pain and function, muscle and ligament and tissue repair and increases healing.

Eric and Dr Amy explain functional movement and how unique it is for each of us and how important it is to establish a personalized plan.

They discuss their chronic low back pain program which Linda, Eric and Dr Amy developed and studied in those with CLBP incorporating Yoga Therapy, Massage as well as the Opt2Liv pillars and how they saw 43% improvement in quality of life measures such as pain, emotional states and physical states.

Eric describes the importance of addressing stretching, strengthening and toning that are crucial in treatment and prevention of back pain.

Eric and Dr Amy highlight how Opt2Liv coaches can help you whether you are dealing with current back pain yourself, have had a history of back pain and want to prevent it or deal with chronic daily pain.

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