Many people suffer neck pain, back pain or knee pain for years without being able to do anything about it. They may think that it is all due to arthritis and the only thing to do is take anti-inflammatory and pain killers. Others buy expensive creams to massage into the painful spots or they search for alternative medicines such as herbs or vitamins for back pain treatment or neck pain relief.
Sometimes back pain relief or even relief for knee joint pain can be gained by going to a physiotherapist or a chiropractor. Other times temporary low back pain relief may be gained by abstaining from certain foods. However it is quite possible that you could get rid of low back pain, shoulder pain and even upper back pain without doing any of these things.
Much body pain is caused by wrong posture. When we adopt the postures of the western world it causes out bodies to become stiff and rigid. Over time the muscles that should support our body so that we can move without pain become shorter than they should be and that throws pressure on muscles, tendons and ligaments that were not meant to take that kind of weight or pressure. The result is that very often our joints wear away because they are not supported properly. Our bodies become stiff and hurt when we walk or move.
Because this takes some time to develop, we often think it is due to old age a natural process of aging joints. Or we might think it is because we eat the wrong foods and so have developed arthritis. However you may notice that stiffness and pain is not necessarily an age thing; many younger people are also affected.
The posture that is considered good in western culture is not necessarily good for our bodies. Asian cultures can squat with ease, keeping their heels on the floor. This is how our children do it, but they unlearn it due to our culture. Learning to adopt the right posture rather than the western teaching on correct posture will help us to get rid of much of our pain.