The Backpod
®
and its programme are intended to
be the most practical and effective home treatment
and ongoing care package that can be handed out or
recommended to almost all patients with upper back
and neck problems. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
(NSAID) and analgesic medications are excellent at
reducing the pain and effect of inflamed and strained
joints and muscles. However, they are aimed solely at
the inflammation and pain, and can have side-effects
such as damage to the lining of the gut.
It is simply good clinical sense to also treat the
mechanical pattern of structural tightness and
weakness which underlies and drives these acute
inflamed episodes – especially as, contrary to a
popular view, a large proportion do not just settle
down after an acute flare-up. The videos on our
website www.backpod.co.nz which teach ongoing
home care of the upper spine are free for any patient
to access.
The same comments apply to acupuncture. Flooding
the area with endorphins is most useful in the acute
phase, but is not likely to rapidly change chronic
underlying structural problems. Consider a broken leg:
you can acupuncture it but you still have a mechanical
problem – the fractured bone. The Backpod
®
and its
programme are a practical home package designed
to sort out the common pattern of tightness and
weakness driving the large majority of upper back and
neck pain. This mechanical approach to the underlying
drivers of the problem combines extremely well with
acupuncture which can contribute to pain relief and
healing, especially in the acute phase.
Backpod
®
for prescribing doctors, pharmacists, and acupuncturists
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