Many back pain patients experience accompanying constipation and/or irritable bowel issues which are aggravating during healing. Don't be surprised if it's you!

It may be helpful to take some natural ingredients to keep your bowels healthy. Ingredients like aloe vera, peppermint, and flax seed fiber are quite sedating while psyllium, senna leaves, oat bran and cascara sagrada powder help smoothness.

• Aloe Vera
• Aloe Vera - anti-inflammatory
• Peppermint 
• Fiber, Peppermint oil
• Trepel F: Dietary Fiber: More than a matter of dietetics: preventative and therapeutic uses. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2004 Aug 31;116(15-16):511-22. (flax)