BACK PAIN

According to the most recent figures released by the charity Backcare, 80% of adults will suffer from back pain at some point in their life:

• . This is why Zero Balancing bodywork can be a good option for those suffering from back pain.
• Zero Balancing bodywork doesn’t just focus on the physical pain or the symptom; a session aims to provide respite from both the physical pain and the emotional stress caused by problems with the back.
• A Zero Balancing bodywork session can be deeply relaxing for both body and mind, particularly because it’s done through clothing. The fact that there is no need to undress can be very reassuring for many people.
• Zero Balancing bodywork is also neither manipulative nor painful: its potential lies not in pressing strongly, but instead in the reparative and respectful quality of the touch.
• A Zero Balancing bodywork session involves lying comfortably on your back. The practitioner uses gentle finger pressure and held stretches that offer the body the opportunity to relax, rebalance, recalibrate and reset. Practitioners work principally on the lower back, the hips, the feet, and the upper back, neck and head, with the effects extending widely around the body.
• The work encourages tensions to release and areas of looseness to become more energised. Zero Balancing practitioners handle clients in a way that can allow changes to be absorbed by body and mind, and which can then encourage the body to right itself.
• Zero Balancing bodywork can offer relaxation to the systems and tissues of the body, which can also help improve flexibility. This can be useful to those who have pushed their body’s physical boundaries through sport or activities like gardening – common causes of back problems. But more than that, Zero Balancing can provide a breather and a feeling of total refreshment for both the mind and body, so beyond the physical pain there can also be relief from the stress caused by pain.
• Zero Balancing also offers a respite for those caught in hyperactivity – when we have become dislocated from our body’s natural rhythms, or when we feel we can’t switch off – all common problems when dealing with pain day in day out.
• Zero Balancing practitioners also take in a broader view, looking at the whole body and at our life in general. As such, practitioners do not just focus on the symptom, in this case back pain, so there is scope for even greater improvements than the relief of back pain.
• In a 2011 survey of the use of complementary and alternative medicines carried out on caregivers at a major US military hospital (employees could choose from ear acupuncture, clinical acupressure and Zero Balancing), 97% of respondents strongly agreed they felt more relaxed after sessions, 94.5% experienced less stress, 84.3% experienced more energy, and 78.8% experienced less pain.