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Things to Help with Back Pain
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items These are some of the products I use to help my own back pain, I hope they help you too!
You can get with heat or without but infrared is said to help inflammation.
Infrared Heating Pad For Back
The electric impulses help settle down your muscles. My chiropractor uses this too on patients.
Tens Units
When you rub Sombra into your skin you will get first a cool feeling, then it turns into a warm feeling. It distracts my brain from feeling the original pain and concentrating on the new sensations.
Sombra Cream
I have ribs that subluxate. It's called Slipping Rib Syndrome, so at night I use this brace to keep things in place.
Rib Brace
I am allergic to THC, so I use just the hemp gummies and they help me sleep a bit better at night. They at least “take the edge” off without the high if you don't like that feeling.
Cbdmd Gummies For Pain
A Grounding mat is a form of “earthing” which is putting your feet on the ground to connect with the Earth's surface which has a negative electrical charge that can benefit human health according to some claims.
Grounding Mat
I layer my bed with these soft mattress pads. I have a super hard mattress and the cushioning helps my back.
Best Mattress Pads
I absolutely have to sleep with a long body pillow. I use it in back of me to prop me up a little during the day when I'm stuck in bed and then at night put it long ways and wedged between my legs to keep my hips even to relieve lower back pain and h...
Long Body Pillow
Turmeric with Black Pepper Supplements. Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory and black pepper helps your body absorb it.
Turmeric With Black Pepper
These save my life when i drop things! If you throw out your back like I do all the time, then these are necessary. I have one in a couple different rooms like my bedroom and bathroom. It helps you pick up things when you drop them and I use it to pu...
Grabber
These railings on the side of the toilet really help lower yourself down slowly and then to push on to raise yourself up when you are having back pain.
Raised Toilet Seats
Being able to sit down in the shower is very helpful when having back pain. I also have one outside the shower to sit on to help me get dressed.
Shower Chair
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Handles to help you balance in the shower are necessary too when you have a thrown out back. Make sure to get the ones that screw in because the suctions ones never work good.
16.5in Suction Bath Grab Bar, Balance Assist
The elephant in the room, how to clean yourself when you can't twist or reach behind you? These bidets are a life saver for those that have back pain.
Bidet
Keeping a back pad in your car can help keep your more comfortable when driving, especially long distances.
Car Seat Cushions For Back
Why do I have a camping chair in my back pain list? I keep one of these in my car. That way if i go to my grandkids concerts or to a park with the family, I have somewhere to sit that is soft and not a hard bleacher or picnic table which I can't do. This folds up, is small and lightweight so I can carry it anywhere.
Low Folding Chair
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When you needs your back muscles to relax and stop spasming a nice warm heating pad might be the best bet. I got between heat and cold to relieve back pain.
Best Heating Pads
Ice Packs! I have several of them in different shapes and forms. Smaller ones for my rib that subluxates and bigger ones I can lay on when my upper back hurts. Coldness reduces inflammation so I use these a lot!
Magic Gel Ice Pack for Back - Reusable
These are so hard to find sometimes, but this has been my #1 go to for my back pain. It has infrared and a heating pad. I love it. I have gone through many of them because I use them so much!
Light Relief
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I have a cane on the side of my bed for walking, especially after I throw out my back. It helps to keep your balance too.
Best Walking Canes
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I have a walker with a seat on it, that way if you can't walk any further you can sit and rest. You can keep your purse, wallet or phone inside the basket too so you don't have to carry anything.
Walkers
Is back pain related to Lyme or Ehler's Danlos Syndrome?
Back Problems
If you have to sit in a computer chair all day at work then here is an office cushion for your chair to help your lower back.
Office Chair Cushion with Lumbar Support (Pink)
If you are like me and sitting on bleachers kills your back, here is a handy seat you can slide over the bleachers to add lumbar support.
Stadium Seats For Bleachers With Lumbar Support