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Lower Back pain following surgery
My sister-in-law has terrible pain in her lower back following an operation she had three years ago. She is taking prescription medicine, but is there anything else she can safely take to help manage the pain?
Your relative has my sympathy not least because, having never suffered from back problems before, I recently tore a muscle in my lower back which left me crippled with excruciating pain and unable to walk properly for weeks.
The remedy I used, alongside conventional painkillers, at that time was homeopathic hypericum made from the plant St John’s Wort, which we more usually recommend for mild to moderate depression. (What lots of people do not realise is that plants that are used to make homeopathic remedies then have a much broader range of therapeutic applications than when the same plant is used to make a herbal remedy.)
For intense pain, you need a stronger potency which, with homeopathic remedies means a higher dilution - so your sister-in-law should invest in both 30c and 200c potencies of hypericum (which she can mail order from Ainsworths; the homeopathic pharmacy in London if she cannot find a good local supplier). The latter is, effectively, stronger and so can be used when the pain is more intense. She can then cut back to the 30c potency when the pain eases.
I am recommending homeopathy in this instance not solely because it helped me in the same circumstances but because it is 100% safe to take alongside conventional medicines and will not interfere with their action in the body. That said, I should re-iterate that for the very best results with this system of treatment, it is always better to consult a qualified homeopath or naturopath who can take a detailed medical history, make a constitutional diagnosis and prescribe a specific remedy to tackle the underlying root cause of a problem and monitor progress.