You'd have to be crazy to try this at home.

This technique of twisting the backbone to solve back pain should be left in the hands of professionals or crazy people, so I'll demonstrate the method here, since it has helped me solve back pain in the past when there were no professionals around, or when the lingering pain got so tiresome that something crazy had to be done.

@therealpaul, showing you where it used to hurt

I don't know what was going on with my back. According to my guru, since the body is the shadow of the mind, then the mind-- MY mind-- would be the place to start. My worries about money, were thereby seen by my guru in my failing lower back, and it was true; the back used to go out the most during the worst of money problems. The guru offered nothing more, no clues how to solve my money problems, and no tricks for fixing my back in the meantime. Thankfully I have a neighbor who knew some helpful physical therapy, and the method that he showed me has been so useful to me, I wanted to share it here.

Healing the Back with Yoga

It might be scary to consider doing your own bone-popping, and it may be hard to imagine a sane person doing their own chiropractic work, but the following technique helped me, and when all of the tension and sympathetic muscles loosened up enough for me to do a little 'twist and shout', I was able to heal myself, and go beyond all of the fear while getting rid of the pain.

The Twist and Shout

Here are the steps that I was taught, the twist that I used to put my back back together. All of these moves I repeat as needed, until I hear a satisfying CLOINK sound come from somewhere down my spine. This isn't a 'how to fix your back' article, it's just how I fixed mine. If your back is injured in any way already, this technique may not be anything to try right away.

First I lie down on some carpet, the floor, or right in the grass-- as long as it's firm support. I do my best to relax all of the tensed muscles in my back, but they sense that something is up, and are ready to tense back up if there's any movement. They act as sentries around the spine, but eventually they'll let me pass so that we can all relax.

• Step 1.- Turn head to the right:
  

• Step 2. - Rest left ankle on right thigh above knee:
  

• Step 3. - Exhale, and let weight of left leg pull right leg down, no forcing. Ideally the right knee should touch the ground, but it often takes a few days of limbering up for that much flexibility. Breath the weight of the leg down, feel the back twist a bit more.
  

• Step 4. - Now everything is mirrored-- turn head to left:
  

• Step 5. - Rest right ankle on left thigh above the knee:
  

• Step 6. - Exhale, and let right leg's weight pull left leg over and down, all the way to the ground if possible, but maybe not at first:
  
  

  'CLOINK!'

• Step 7. - Now curl up and hold knees to chest, head forward, and rock and roll on the lower back a few times:
  

• Step 8. - Stretch out and become very long, breath in and then exhale, become even longer:
  

The thing I listen and feel for is the 'cloink' sound, a reverberation that I feel and hear, and it usually means that I'll be able to walk again afterwards. A few more sessions like this and eventually it locks back where it's supposed to be, I'm all limbered up and back to normal.

I usually notice that my money problems and worries have vanished or been solved by the time I get it cloinked back together back there, and my guru nods with a knowing smirk. The guru might say that the lesson was 'stop worrying about finances and your back will quit hurting', while I know that while that may be true, I can also twist and shout my back into submission so that I can get back to work.

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thanks for reading, and may your back stay ever cloinked and strong.

@therealpaul