I was reading an article on lower back pain relief recently that released some terrible statistics. It stated that only 25% of adults will remove their back pain within a year. The rest will either have the same pain or be in worse pain.

Staggering isn’t it. I find it totally amazing myself as I know how easy it is to at least ease back pain, let alone remove it totally. What I’m about to tell you is not going to some miracle cure, but it does help to explain why these statistics are so poor.

Lower back pain relief is not just a matter at looking at your lower back. Your spine works as an entire system. To have lower back pain relief you must remove all the causes, not just those you find in your lower back.

You need to address the core muscle strength, flexibility, joint movement, stresses and other factors. But for now, I will demonstrate to a lot of you one area you didn’t think of to check.

Try standing on one foot with your eyes closed and arms out stretched. See how long you can stand like that.

If you notice that you can’t stand easily for a minute or more or if one foot you can but the other you can’t. Then you have some foot issue that is also affecting your back pain.

Your feet are the foundations to your structural system. If they are out of balance you will also develop back pain.

Lower back pain relief means precisely that – lower back pain relief. You need to remove all the causes of your pain so you can get relief. Just targeting your lower back will not necessarily do it. This is why only 25% of those in pain now will have no pain in a year’s time. Surely it’s time for a change.