Help for Chronic Lower Back Pain

Low back pain in Sacramento

Last week I got a call from a gentleman, who lived in another city, asking for help with his chronic back pain.  He said he has been suffering with this pain for over 30 years, ( starting from car accident at age 17 and a 2nd car accident a few years later), and did not really know if I could help, but hopefully that I would be able to at least reduce this intense pain that he has been feeling 24/7 for most of his adult life.

He said he had been to chiropractor and to other forms of therapies and that he was willing to drive the hour or so that it took to get here.  He said that he knew that it would require many visits, he imagined at least 10 visits, to help this situation and that he was willing to do that.

Interestingly, as I worked on him, and as he felt the pain releasing and leaving - he commented that he believed that the Thai massages that he was getting.... he now believes that 'the strokes from the Thai massage therapist is what caused his knots to form even larger and that they pushed the knots down deeper.'

When he left my 1st session, he was completely pain free.

I got an unexpected phone call from him 4 hours later. What he said was, "Hey, I'm not used to not feeling any pain."  "Is this how it's going to be all the time, because I can't recall spending my day without feeling that nagging back pain?"  "I mean, if it is, then that's terrific!" " I just wanted to tell you that this is so great!"

When he came in yesterday for his 2nd session, he mentioned that his back pain was no where the intensity as it was before and that 'he felt more better than bad.' 

As I worked on him he said that he could feel what I was doing, that he could feel the effects of his tight tissues releasing and letting go. He was becoming more in tune with his body, which is where everyone should be, so your body can transform for you.

He also mentioned again that the Thai massage therapist, (whom he sought care from often in the past), he believes was the cause for his increased back troubles. I told him then he was probably right, not to bad mouth the other therapist, but to enforce listening to that quiet voice, that we should always follow and heed our intuition. If that's what it's telling you, then you need to respect and hear it, or else you'll have future difficulty with the intuition 'speaking' to you again and you would most likely be unsettled in 'knowing', or having strong intuition, wisdom, or guidance. 

A few hours later after his second session, I texted  the client asking how he felt- if it was different from how he felt after his first session.  Here is his reply:

If you know of anyone suffering from chronic pain or problems, (physical or emotional), let them know that they do not have to live with it. There are non-invasive solutions available to help them.