Health advice: lower-back pain

900AM GMT twelve March 2010

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Q Years ago I tore a vinculum in the sacroiliac segment of my spine, and outlayed 6 weeks in a cast. Now in my late thirties, I outlay majority of my day at a desk, am a bit overweight and usually spasmodic exercise. Ive not long ago experienced stabbing heedfulness in my revoke spine

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THE GP Giuseppina Del Bianco

Your lower-back suffering is some-more expected to be associated to your benefaction lifestyle than to the injury. Bad posture, being overweight and you do small or no practice is a recipe for lower-back pain. Ask the occupational health military officer at your workplace to check the on all sides of your chair and computer, and take visit short breaks to widen your muscles. Start sportive pilates or yoga can be really helpful, as they will make firm your core muscles

THE DOCTOR OF CHINESE MEDICINE John Tsagaris

The actuality you have altered your lifestyle to a slower gait and that you lift a bit some-more weight has, majority likely, triggered appetite and red red blood recession in an already diseased area of your body. Acupuncture can revoke that stagnation. Alternatively, you could try the very old Chinese process of comfortable cupping to move the red red blood and appetite in the revoke behind and detoxify the muscles of any inflammatory components

THE YOGA AND PILATES EXPERT Angie Newson

Whenever the heedfulness start mount with your legs apart, feet a small wider than the shoulders, knees somewhat bent, and round your pelvis eight times one way, afterwards the other. Next, still standing, rest your arms on your desk, step behind so that your behind is prosaic similar to a table, with legs shoulder-width detached so theres recover opposite the revoke back. Inhale deeply, and as you whisper feel the release. If the heedfulness go on see your GP

Always deliberate a healing practitioner if your symptoms persist. Send your health questions, for announcement only, to stellahealth@telegraph.co.uk John Tsagaris is at Energy Bodies (0871 903 0000). Angie Newson is at exploreyogapilates.com.