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Here's "My Back Fix" Tip #5 ...

Learn why positive thinking is a very important part
of the healing process with back pain!

Here's the fifth "back fix" tip I learned while recovering from a herniated disk.

Let's face it. Having back pain is demoralizing. Every now and then, even months later, I still "tweak" the disk and feel some pain and additional numbness in my foot.

And I find myself thinking, "This is never going to heal completely".

So I definitely realize that keeping a positive mindset is often difficult during rehab.

But it is very important to find something positive to focus on - small steps are fine. When I first hurt my back, my focus was on being able to walk without pain. Then, it shifted to being able to exercise. Then, once I started feeling better, my goal was to be ready to ski the next winter (as I write this it is late summer, and I am hopeful of reaching my goal of skiing this winter).

What positive thoughts can you focus on?

Whatever it is that makes you happy - especially something physical that you want to work towards achieving (like me with skiing) - set a goal of reaching it, and focus on the joy of that goal whenever the pain gets you down.

It's not easy.

But your mind is very powerful - and a positive outlook will help you through the healing process.

Here's a free course called The Invisible Path To Success that I found several years ago. I printed out the lessons, and still read it every once in a while. It's not a course specifically about recovering from back injuries - but it will help you realize the incredibly strong power of your mind:

Of course, just thinking about healing won't help you do backflips by tomorrow morning (not that I could ever do backflips anyway!) It's not some miracle cure. In fact, there is no miracle cure out there.

But for me, like most people, it took years to create the conditions that caused back pain in the first place - and it will take some time to heal.

Having a positive outlook will help you through the tough times, and The Invisible Path To Success might just help you get to a healthy state a lot quicker!