
A lot of people suffer back injuries; I’ve heard estimates that 65 million people in America alone suffer from chronic back pain. Conventional treatment of such injuries usually revolves around strong pain killers, anti-inflammatory drugs, and very often surgery. Unfortunately, it is too common that these treatments do not yield the recovery hoped for.
One reason for this is that most conventional approaches are suppressive in nature and do not really address the issues that need attention in order for healing to take place. In this regard, we are fortunate that many medicinal herbs, coupled with other therapies, can offer benefits and healing unique from any other modality. I have applied this knowledge for myself and with clients over the years, and offer this insight based on first hand (or perhaps “first back”?) experience.