Back pain Rarely is the cross the cause

The cross does not always have to be responsible for low back pain. Dr. reported. Christian Schmincke, TCM expert and head of the clinic at the Steigerwald. Most people think of back pain as a mechanical problem. But often stress or mental problems are behind the complaints. It is precisely these that can be well alleviated with forms of treatment of naturopathy.

Everyone knows low back pain in mental overload or neck tension in performance pressure. However, most think of chronic back pain as a mechanical problem that can be resolved with pills, physiotherapy, or at worst surgery. Chinese medicine, on the other hand, often causes pain in the back to be due to faulty states of tension in the muscles, which in turn reflect mental health. It also plays a crucial role in the internal processes of the body, such as delayed infections or a poor metabolism.

So says Dr. Christian Schmincke: "Chinese medicine does not just diagnose the spinal disease with X-ray images. Much more crucial are tissue quality and metabolic processes, including their excretory processes. "In the case of painful back problems, the supply and disposal of muscles and connective tissue is disturbed in the Chinese view. This has a negative effect on the strength, elasticity and adaptability of the fabric. In order to effectively treat the causes of these disorders, the holistic approach to treatment requires a detailed history. TCM experts are therefore interested in the subjective aspects of the disease such as sleeping behavior, eating habits, susceptibility to infection, sensitivity to cold and emotional well-being. The most important pillar of therapy will then be the Chinese drug therapy.

With individually formulated formulations of herbal ingredients, important diversion processes get under way. The herbal smells, which have been boiled as decoctions, help to release causal blockages on the front and back and to restore the balance of energy in the body. For example, ingredients such as broom willow and the roots of the Chinese lace tree help in the discharge of flammable substances. "Since the supply and disposal of muscles and connective tissue is disturbed in spinal diseases, it has also been proven that excretory procedures such as cupping or the use of leeches as a therapy accompaniment," explains Dr. med. Schmincke, who also supplements Chinese medicine with biological remedies. Acupuncture also helps relieve acute pain. "Through targeted needling of the body points feel affected after only a few sessions first pain relief." In addition, mobilize body therapies such as Tuina massages or psychotics and Qigong stuck patterns of tension - because insufficient movement and unilateral stress always means loss of strength and reduced stability, which in turn back to Cause pain. "About 70 percent of sufferers with chronic back problems experience prolonged symptom relief for more than two years following treatment according to Chinese guidelines and need significantly less medication. So some back surgery could be avoided in such a way ", reports Dr. med. Schmincke.

Anyone who wants to make a contribution to alleviating or even preventing back problems, the expert recommends metabolic-relieving measures. So: especially in the evening little food, little alcohol, no nicotine, little coffee and less meat, sausage and protein-rich dairy products. Often already the short-term renunciation helps to achieve an effect. (Sb)