Show Daily Health RACK BACK AILMENTS REQUIRE INTENSE STUDY DV I uy UK UR tl l Editor Journal of or the American Medical Medical Medi Medi- cal Association and of Hygeia the Health Magazine l Dr Brown Drown describes the case of ofa ofa ofa a man who had suffered for some 10 years with ith frequent attacks of ot pain in the back Finally he could not ride in an automobile lift liH anything or even cven lean over to put on his sho shoes s without getting etting a catch in his back It was found that the habitual position of his body wa was wan I In n L range of motion of ot tho ex hi his particularly low down o on i the and that as a result it took but b effort to produce a s strain Ass with the backache lon long standing there w Was record of dif difficulty in action of or u the headaches and nervous ner bow b man nan realized that he had vf Tb be working and anti that he cn oVer ova fatigued Was wa ii m in mAt g eni At first it was difficult for th ti the n n to He lie In bed because the ba back more uncomfortable in b bed than he ho was on his feet However o h was able to get good rest by in fag ing one or two pillows P knees taking the hb strata strain 0 ott aU part o of his spine the la Sitting I h in an erect position put d f h m more t train the spine than when O he feet W ls o all I If the spine ea can be rested by the patient lie face downward Si pillows under his hips the w r 1 may be used to apply oPP to the back to relieve the hot 1 the inflammation The o pain in taught to breathe patient w forts torts were made to property properly an and d streng strengthen abdominal muscles fe so 50 as to tribute his help di dis weight properly A b br was planned which Ed 1 helped hold himself in the hl hIm t pro prop r and when the patient got his feet he was taught taugh how bae back to hIi body more correctly in the standing and bending po posItions he finally Rt learned how to sit it stand correctly his LuJ Ili backa backache hc and i In digestion cleared up a and he asked to change his routine o Sf v S WI 1 so as to overcome his This record is an Indication oft of e Immense amount of ot study ai and t th care necessary in order to take properly of a patient with wilh ba baThe cu cap The diet the amount of ot fluids t ta t and the amount of rest are aU afi 1 Jr It is not possible treat the painful merely mery t point and to take tUe i for granted that that will relieve thi I condition |