Lower Back Pain Relief

Those of your friends and family with a hot tub will tell you. Nothing soothes away pain like a nice long soak. Your lower back is no exception. This passage was taken from HotWaterWellness.com.

Lower back pain is one of the top three reasons for doctor visits in the US and as stress levels in our day to day lives increase, the problem is only bound to get worse. Already, four of five Americans suffer from chronic back pain, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Studies have shown that hydrotherapy can work as an anticonvulsant and help alleviate lower back pain by reducing stress and stiffness. The force of the massaging underwater jets of whirlpools and hot tubs direct their attention to problem areas like the lower back to massage and relieve back pain and muscle tightness.

A recent study found in the Journal of Rheumatology, studied the effectiveness of hot water therapy on treating back pain. The control group suffering from lower back pain used only medication for relief while the second group used a combination of medication and hot water treatments. After three weeks of regular hydrotherapy sessions, examinations showed more improvement in the health status (as measured in pain duration, intensity and back flexibility) of the group that used regular hot water treatments than the group that used only medication. After six months, significant improvement progressed in the hydrotherapy group and their use of analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs had decreased.

Found at HotWaterWellness.com