Lower back pain left alone for long enough…
Is the fastest way to losing time being active with your friends and family
I had a patient Gary.
Gary is 68, a solo business owner
3 grandchildren
1 grandchild lives 2 hours away, another 4 hours
And he loves to see his grand kids
But the car ride to see them was becoming unbearable from back pain
For the last couple of decades
Gary was taking care of his aging mother
She would fall all the time
He couldn’t leave the house for long because she might fall.
So he looked up some stretches for his back, and did some core strengthening
And the pain would come and go, but it wouldn’t keep him from doing the things he needed to.
He went to PT for a few sessions to get some exercises.
But he didn’t notice riding in the car or picking up his grand kids felt any different.
He had never spent money on a massage, a trainer, or a nutrition coach.
He had the money to do it, he wouldn’t go broke
But it wasn’t something he had ever done before.
And he had never seen his parents try to get better either.
He had seen multiple doctors, and he followed through on all their recommendations.
From the outside looking in, Gary WAS taking care of his back pain.
With life as a son taking care of his mother, and a solo business owner
He didn’t feel like he had time or energy to continue his investigation to getting rid of his back pain outside of what the doctors said.
Until he started to hesitate to drive to see his grand kids.
He had always had a back ache when driving, but all of sudden it was debilitating
Months went by without a change.
Then finally, on TikTok, he reached out to us. Wanting to try something different.
At this point Gary had multiple health issues other than back pain.
After the initial phone call, and free discovery visit, we let Gary know we were 50% confident we could help him tolerate the drive to his grand kids
And feel safe to pick them up on any given day.
He thought about it, and realized he was on his way of becoming like his Mom.
And even couldn’t increase his drive time, or his ability to pick up heavy weights with confidence again
He wanted to put in the time and work to stack the odds in his favor to give himself a chance.
The money spent, the time committed, the energy directed towards himself as opposed to others…
Eventually led to him not only driving with minimal pain, gardening and landscaping without pain…
Now he is hiring a personal trainer to see where he can go next.
Its scary to do something that some of your friends and family don’t understand
However if you play out what your life will look like a year from now if you choose to solve your back pain
Commit to the process with energy, time, and money
Where will you be?