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UnionLOW Union UnionLOW LOW BACK PAINSMost PAINSMost PAINS PAINSMost Most sufferers from low back pain painnaturaIly painnaturally painnaturally naturaIly naturally reach for fOI : help to rel1eve relieve rel1evepam relievepain relievepain pam pain rather rathcr than search for tor thecause the thecause thecause cause They w 11 II U take pamkillmg pamklllmg pamkillmgdrugs pamklllmgdrugs pamkillmgdrugs drugs use heat and andelectricIty andr andelectricity r electricIty hot hotbaths hotbaths hotbaths baths massage and andother andother andother other methods ot of ottreatment oftreatment oftreatment treatment In cases caseswhere caseswhere caseswhere where pain pam is due to tostram tostrain toftram stram strain or other U1 in U1Jury injury ' . _ Jury the use of heat heatto heati heatto heatto i to muscles musclcs that are arestr'tchmg arestretching arestretching str'tchmg strtchmg stretching ! ' the spine spineaway spineaway spineaway away from the pomt point pomtof pointof pointof of injury mJury is good goodtreatment goodA goodtreatment A treatment but get getDr getDr getDr Dr Barton ting the stra ned orspraincd orsprained or orsprained sprained spraincd parts back backinto backinto backinto into the r proper posit on would get getthe getthe getthe the patient well m in much less lcss time tlme tlmeIn timeIn timeIn In speaking speakmg of low back pain pam I Ihwe Ihive Ihive hwe hive usually usuaIly pointed pomted out that most mostcases mostcases mostcases cases are really due to infection mfectlon- mfectlon infection- mfectlontonsIls infectiontonsils infectiontonsils - tonsils teeth gall bladder mtes antes mtestmeand antestineand intestme tme-and tme and tine-and tine - - and the remainder remamder to injury injurystrain mJury- mJury injury- injury mJurystram injurystram - strain stram and sprain spram of certa n jo nts ntsmJury ntsinjury ntsinjury mJury injury to the d sk or cushion between between be- be between - - | tween the bones of o1 the spinal spmal col colurnn column column urnn umn Sometimes the strain stram orspram orsprain or | sprain spram is due to poor postureDr postureDr posture postureDr Dr P M Girard Dallas Texas Texasm Texasin m in Archles Archives Archn Archl\ Archl \ es of Physical Therapy Therapypomts Therapypoints Therapypoints pomts points out that wh Ie le low back pam pain pamIS painis painis IS present in ill the spot where the m in mfectlon infection mfection fectlon fection or 01 : injury mJury occurs that pam pain pamalso painalso painalso also occurs in m places d slant stant from fromthe fromthe fromthe the point pomt of infection mfection or mJury injury mJuryTh injuryTb injuryTh Th Tb s is known as a referred pam pain pamand painand painand and because it occurs at a dIstance dIstancetram distancefrom distancefrom tram from the infected mfected or injured lDJured spot spotthe spotthe spotthe the cause may be overlooked On Onthe Onthe Onthe the other hand pain pam may occur l1l in l1llower inlower inlower lower back and down back of ot thIghs thIghsand thighsand thighsand and be due not to injury or mfectioD infection infectionat mfectioDat at point pomt of pain pam but to growths m in mspmal inspinal mspinal spmal spinal cord rupture append CltlS citis CltlSturns citisturns citisturns turns or bends of o1 uterus growths ill in illovary inovary movary ovary and stone in bladder bladderA A slight sl1ght injury mJury due to swmgmg swinging swinginga swmgmga a golf club or making makmg a mIsstep mIsstepmay misstepmay misstepmay may tear a muscle rupture a l1ga liga l1gament ligament Iigament ment ment , , or injure mJure the joint jomt holdmg holding holdmgone holdingone holdingone one spinal spmal bone to the next oneThe oneThe one oneThe The more the subject of at low back backache backache backache ache is invest mvest gated the more physi physiclans physicians physldans clans cians are coming commg to bel eve that thatpoor thatpoor thatpoor poor posture-lettmg posture lettmg posture-letting letting posture - - letting the body slump slumpor or sag-Is sag Is sag - is a more frequent cause causethan causethan causethan than was formerly tormerly thought Th s ) .isthe isthe . is isthe S Sthe the reason that when injury mJury is the thecause thecause thecause cause ( as shown by relief from pam pain pamwhen painwhen painwhen when at rest ) and both patient and andphys andphys andphys phys cian clan ciao are unable to find any anyhIstory anyhistory anyhistory hIstory of injury mjury they forget about aboutpoor aboutpoor aboutpoor poor posture as a cause causeOverweight . . . Overweight and andGland andGland Gland Troubles TroublesThere There was a time when the only onlymethod onlymethod onlymethod method of ot reducing reducmg weight was to toeat toeat toeat eat less food food , , , take more exercise exerciseor exerciseor exerciseor or both Th s is still stIlI the best meth method method method od and the only one used m l1l about aboutnme aboutnine aboutnine nme nine of every ten casesHowever casesHowever cases casesHowever However now that it is known knownthat knownthat knownthat that if certa n glands do not manu manutacture manufacture manufacture tacture facture enough ju ce cc an accumula accumulanon accumulation accumulation non tion of fat w II 11 U occur physicians are areable areable areable able to inject or give by mouth mouthenough mouthenough mouthenough enough animal ammal gland extract to toovercome toovercome toovercome overcome this lack Jack and so the tat fat tatIS fatis tatis IS removed removedGenerally Generally speaking speakmg where there thereis IS lack of thyroid extract or JUIce JUIcethe juicethe juicethe the excess tat fat accumulates m in all allparts allparts allparts parts of the body This occurs SIX SIXtimes sixtimes sixtimes times as often orten m ill in women as m ill in mea men meaIf menIf menIf If lack of pitu pltu tary extract excess excessfat excessfat excessfat fat accumulates across abdomen abdomenshoulders abdomenshoulders abdomenshoulders shoulders chest upper arms upper upperlegs upperlegs upperlegs legs and h ps It usually usuaIly starts Inthe in inthe inthe the teens and the youngster wants wantslarge wantslarge wantslarge large quant ties of ot sweets Lack at of atsex ofsex ofsex sex gland extract results in 10 m excess excesstat excessfat excesstat tat fat across abdomen and more par part part t cularly across h ps and buttocks buttocksThIs buttocksThis buttocksThis ThIs is common folio foIlo follo ing mg meno menopause menopause menopause pause in women There are cases caseswhere caseswhere caseswhere where the excess tat fat is due to lack lackat lackof lackof at of extract in m more than one of the theglands theglands theglands theglandsWhen glands glandsWhen When the lack of o1 gland extract extracthas extracthas extracthas has been defin tely shown the use useof useof useof of gland extracts under the su supervlslon supervision supervision pervlslon pervision of at the physician will give giveresults giveresults giveresults results particularly when there IS ISreduction isreduction isreduction reduction in m the food intake mtake also alsoHowever alsoHowever alsoHowever However for an overweight whothmks who whothinks whothinks thinks thmks his excess tat fat ( at is due to tolack tolack tolack lack of gland extract trying to treat treath treath treath h m elf is danger dangerous dangerdus us as severe 1lJ ill 1lJness illness illness ness collapse coIlapse and death dellih have fol followed followed followed lowed self treatmentRemember treatment treatmentRemember Remember gland extracts whollyare wholly whollyare whollyare are needed in m less than 5 per cent centof centof centof of overwe ght cases and in 10 part in inless Inless less than 10 per centThen centThen cent centThen Then there are the cures tor for toroverweIght foroverweight toroverweight overweIght that so 50 many try be because because because cause they y , want ant a short and easy easyroad easyroad easyroad road to normal weight Some of o1 ofI ofthesp o1these ofthes I thesp these cures where the drug used usedIS usedis usedis IS known to the phys cian clan and ItS ItSreaction itsreaction itsreaction reaction even if dangerous can be becontrolled becontrolled becontrolled controlled have been used m in ex cx extreme cxtreme extreme treme cases where the individualwas indIvidual indIvidualwas individualwas was 100 to 250 pounds overweight . 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