Natural back pain relief is being used more often as people are moving away from the medicated approach. Medicine still has its' role to play in severe back pain cases, however the natural techniques below will help you relieve back pain quickly.

Hopefully you also understand the pain relief is only ever a symptomatic fix. You still need to address the causes of your back pain; otherwise you will need to use these techniques again and again. The problem with that is eventually they won't help you.

Why?

If the underlying causes to your back pain remain, your spine and muscles will deteriorate. Too many people only ever look at the symptoms and forget removing the cause.

This will only ever lead to surgery or chronic long term pain.

However, if you are like most people, the first step in removing your back pain is eliminating the symptoms. The following techniques will help you to achieve this. Then as your back pain eases, start looking at the causes and removing those also.

Ice For Pain

One of the easiest and quickest ways to ease back pain is to use ice in the first 48 hours. Ice will act as a pain reliever and help to reduce inflammation. Use ice on the painful area for ten minutes and then remove it for ten minutes. Repeat this 3 times and do this often during the day in those first 48 hours.

Ease Muscle Tension

The next method is the obvious one. You need to stretch. Stretching will reduces muscle tension which is one of the more common causes of pain. Stretching should be gentle in those first days as overdoing it can actually aggravate your backache.

If your back pain is severe, then use the ice in those first 48 hours and then after that start stretching. In lesser cases, stretching can be used almost immediately.

Garlic Oil

Finally, the last technique was given to me by a Naturopath friend. Garlic oil will actually help to reduce the inflammation and pain of backache. All you need to do is grab some garlic, take about 10 small garlic pieces and then slowly fry them in little oil. You can use sesame oil, coconut oil or mustard oil. You must fry till the garlic cloves turn a light brown color. Let the garlic cool totally then rub it into your backache area. Having someone massage it into your back may be easiest at times.

Back pain relief is a simple 4 step process. First remove the symptoms which you can do by using the techniques above. Next find the cause of your back pain, then balance the muscles and realign your spine. Then your back pain will disappear once and for all.