Fear of pain is more disabling than pain itself. When we're stuck in fear we avoid activities and become overprotective, which leads to weakness, and ultimately more pain. We need to break the cycle...
I'm a chiropractor, and I need to apologize. My profession has lied to you a lot. It's time to expose common misconceptions and lies that hook you into expensive and unnecessary treatment so that you can focus on what really works instead.
Most people with back pain have been taught to fear slouching, bending, and lifting—but research shows that “bad posture” is mostly a myth. Examining research on posture, biomechanics, sitting, standing, and spinal flexion, we see that posture is just a scapegoat for a much larger problem...
If you push through unsafe symptoms, of course you can get hurt. But if you avoid pain at all costs and don't understand that it's safe to exercise through certain types of pain, then you remain stuck because you're babying yourself...