Painwave X4000 helps Dad's Army star to relieve back pain
Many people treat back pain with mobilising exercises and painkillers, but new treatments for back pain have started to emerge, such as the Painwave X4000.
Treatment for back pain ranges from hot and cold therapy to pain relief medication, but the Painwave X4000 electrotherapy unit has proved to be a success in relieving and preventing back pain.
Back pain is a common problem and it is expected that most people will suffer from it at some point in their lives. Back pain can be caused from a number of things, including injury, awkward positioning, poor posture and heavy lifting.
The revolutionary treatment for back pain has been praised by Dad’s Army star Ian Lavender, who is best known as Private Pike in the television series. He has suffered from back pain for more than 30 years after he slipped off a kerb into a gutter and trapped his foot under a parked car. The fall, which happened in 1974, ruptured his Achilles tendon and it was treated wearing a light cast.
It wasn’t until two years later when he was 
kneeling down wrapping a parcel that he suddenly felt a severe twinge in his back and was unable to move. When he went to see an osteopath, they discovered that following the fall, his pelvis had become misaligned and this had eventually led to a trapped nerve near the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae of the spine.
Over the next 33 years, the back pain flared up regularly, either as slight twinges or his back giving way, including once on stage, and he was told that he would always experience back problems.
He had to visit the osteopath twice a year for gentle stretching, heat therapy treatments and painkillers, until last year when he had to make four visits because the condition increased in severity.
Lavender and his wife decided to move to the country and renovate a run down mill house, and this is when he first head about the Painwave X4000 after a neighbour told him to try it.
The Painwave X4000 is a clinically proven technology that delivers pulse electromagnetic field therapy to treat the cause, rather than the symptoms. The portable handheld device promotes healing at cellular level and is a natural alternative for relieving back pain to medication.
Unlike Tens units, the Painwave X4000 does not block pain signals, penetrates the cells around the pain and stimulates oxygen usage, which increases bloody supply, and reduces inflammation and swelling. It also encourages the release of endorphins, which is the body’s natural pain relief chemical.
Lavender has felt huge benefits from using the Painwave X4000 and hasn’t had any back twinges or pain for five months. Despite doing lots of heavy lifting and renovating his house, he has been free of back ache and thinks it also helps to prevent injuries, while at the same time is a relaxing back pain treatment.
Treatment for back pain also includes hot and cold therapy treatments, such as the Vulkan instant ice pack and heat wraps, which can help to manage and relieve back pain. Using lumbar rolls, such as the McKenzie Original Roll, and wearing back supports can also help to prevent lower back pain and encourage correct posture.
