Effective Treatments for Low Back Pain
An extensive report published in the medical journal Lancet shows that the most common treatments prescribed for back pain often don’t work as well as expected. That includes steroid injections, epidurals, surgeries, as well as instructions to decrease physical activity.
For some people, these treatments work wonders. But for many, they’re just one in a long line of disappointing, frustrating procedures they have to endure, as outlined in this report from NPR.
One orthopedic surgeon told me personally that 50% of all people that get back surgery will have to come back for pain management or surgery again sooner or later. Another orthopedic surgeon told me that the number is closer to 80% or more. These two doctors do back surgeries every day.
The Lancet report didn’t look at all the available research. There have been dozens of good-quality studies over the past twenty years demonstrating that bodywork techniques are consistently helpful in decreasing or eliminating clients’ back pain. You can find these studies on pubmed.org.
I teach many pain-reducing techniques in the Ray of Light Training Online CE Courses. Click here to see the courses that are offered and to get started. Each class is a series of professionally produced videos that give you everything you need to use the techniques successfully.
Some of the CE courses and classes we provide are these:
– Direct-Indirect Technique for Upper and Lower Back, Hips, and Legs
– Direct-Indirect Technique for Shoulder, Arm, Neck, Head, and TMJ
– Cranial-Sacral Therapy Techniques and Protocol
– Body Dynamics Mastery for Bodyworkers
Each of these CE trainings is approved by the NCBTMB, which is accepted by most states. You can register on our secure website or by phone at 800-584-1562.
These classes can take your practice to the next level, so that you can meet or exceed the needs of your clients while maintaining strength and balance in your own body. The result is a strong, healthy practice.
The Direct-Indirect Technique (DIT) courses, as well as the gentle Cranial-Sacral Therapy class, provide all the tools you need to loosen tight muscles and fascial adhesions. You will learn how to use highly effective deep and gentle techniques geared toward the needs of the individual client.
The Body Dynamics Mastery course shows you how to protect your most important tool – You! Your hands, your shoulders, your neck, your back, your legs. Everything! So you can continue doing this work you love for as long as you wish to practice.
These Online CE courses show you how to help your clients exactly where they’re at. You will learn how to lighten up or deepen your pressure in ways that achieve more relief for the client with less stress on you, allowing you to help more people with a wide variety of physical conditions.
Each of these CE courses offers real tools that you can use right away in your practice every day! No frills, just the techniques you need to help your clients. Click on the course link to get more information and to register.
Registration is also open for our 18-CEU in-person classes – click on this link to get more information and to register.
Stay well,
John
John Joseph Ray
Ray of Light Training
John is a Board Approved Continuing Education Provider through the NCBTMB
Member of the Fascia Research Society