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Back pain just isn’t any fun at all. Not only isn’t it any fun, it’s just downright miserable.

When back pain strikes, one finds out that ever tiny muscle in their entire body is connected in some way to their back bones. How can batting your EYELASHES hurt your back, for crying out loud?

Back pain isn’t a joking matter. Those who suffer back pain will all agree that getting relief is their number one priority.

Those who suffer with back pain frequently might well want to invest in a hand held back massager.

Hand held massagers will not replace massages given by trained and licensed masseurs.

The cost of hand held massagers vary greatly. The cheapest ones are about $10, and the price goes up — WAY up — from there.

Massaging an aching back has been a pain-relieving treatment for many centuries. It’s still around because it works.

Massage increases blood flow to the injured muscle, and increased blood flow reduces pain and promotes healing.

Often physical therapists and massage therapists will use hand held massagers to loosen tight muscles before they begin deep massage.

New technologies are always being applied to products that make them work better, more efficiently, or just better. Hand held massagers are not an exception.

If you are interested in purchasing a hand held massager, the best and most efficient way to look for one is by using the Internet.

Simply use your favorite search engine and plug the words “hand held massagers” into the search box. You will get an abundance of hits.

Read what each massager promises to deliver and also about any guarantees that are offered for each product.

Make your choice, based upon your own needs. Some hand held massagers will require another person to use them effectively on your aching back.

Golf is likely the most participated in sport by amateurs. There are, of course, professional golfers, but there are a lot more amateur golfers.

On any half-decent weather day, you can find hundreds of thousands of amateur golfers out on the public links and country club links all across America. Avid golfers believe that any weather is suitable golfing weather except thunderstorms.

With all of those swings being taken, it’s no wonder that amateur golfers suffer frequent episodes of back pain.

But amateurs don’t have that market cornered. Jack Nicklaus and Lee Travino, among others, suffer from back pain that is caused by swinging a golf club.

Back pain is second only to the common cold as the cause for employee absenteeism in America today, and much of that back pain is associated with playing golf.

Much of the back pain that is associated with playing golf can be eliminated by golfers learning and using the proper stance when addressing the ball.

Even professional golfers don’t realize how much strain can be put on the back over 18 holes of golf if an improper stance is used over and over again.

One factor in a proper stance includes bending at the hips rather than at the waist.

Core back muscles need to be developed as well to help prevent back pain that is caused by the repetitive action of swinging the golf club.

If a person plays enough golf, they actually develop what is known as a golf body. The posture changes and flexibility is lost. Poor swing mechanics that many amateur golfers have only worsens the problem.

The key for golfers to avoid much back pain associated with golfing can be done by getting themselves into good physical condition and losing those unwanted pounds around the middle.

Learning the proper way to swing a club can help just as much.

The initial back pain associated with a muscle strain or a muscle sprain is most often very acute — a sharp pain, so to speak, rather than a dull ache.

This is the kind of pain that is surprising and will take your breath away.

The usual reaction to this kind of pain and just back pain in general is to stop using the muscles that hurt. If walking hurts, you sit; if sitting hurts, you lay.

This lack of motion might be all right for the first couple of days after a muscle strain or sprain, but it isn’t all right for the long term.

Exercise is an essential part of healing a muscle. Inactivity prolongs the healing process and will leave muscles weak.

Now, don’t misunderstand what I’m saying here. I am certainly NOT implying that you should start doing strenuous aerobic exercises.

I am saying that two days after the initial muscle strain, you do need to start doing some very controlled exercise of the muscles involved.

This muscle exercise should be in the form of stretching — not lifting, and never twisting.

Stretching exercises should be done in a very gradual and progressive way. Start slow, but start.

Exercise helps to provide nutrients to disc space and soft tissues in the back and to help keep discs, muscles, ligaments, and joints healthy. Lack of these nutrients will only slow or stop the healing process.

Exercising back muscles will not only promote healing. It will reduce the pain and possibly help to prevent future back muscle strains and sprains.

If you can, see a physical therapist for instructions and stretching exercises that will help to speed healing.

If you can’t see a physical therapist, see Google. By using Google and searching for exercise to reduce back pain, you will get a lot of hits.