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Posted in headaches on Jan 25th, 2012
Tension headaches should more accurately be called Muscle Tension Headaches. Muscles are the most common cause of head pain. Almost always, in fact! When your jaw gets tight or your head moves forward the muscles around your upper back, neck and face get strained and tight. Tight muscles clamp down on nerves and blood vessels. [...]
If you sit a lot during the day and your legs swell but the swelling goes down overnight try these suggestions. When you are stuck at the desk do the same thing that is recommended during air travel: I call them ‘butt-ups.’ Squeeze your buttocks; make the buttock muscles tight so that you get pushed [...]
Posted in jaw pain on Dec 3rd, 2011
There are two sets of large muscles that can cause pain in your jaw and the area around your jaw joint: the massater muscles and the temporalis muscles. Check out the Category for Jaw Pain on the right hand side of this website for more articles on the massater and other muscles that can be [...]
Posted in shoulder blade spasm on Nov 22nd, 2011
Your computer mouse can cause pain around your shoulder blade and below your armpit. Here are a few things to do that will help you prevent that. 1. Stretch your arm up and slightly backward. 2. Squeeze your shoulder blades toward your spine. Or try to touch your elbows together behind your back. You probably [...]
Posted in back pain relief, self help on Nov 1st, 2011
If you suffer from pain in your lower back and neck you can benefit from a lumbar support pillow. It’s easy to make your own and it’s a good way to get natural back pain relief. You can create
Feet hurt? Feet take a beating all the time. And if you are carrying a few extra pounds that creates a lot of stress on the joints, bones, muscles, ligaments and tendons in your feet. A rheumatologist (a medical doctor who specializes in arthritis and similar diseases) said that if you lose just ten pounds–Just [...]
Do you have a stiff neck? Here are eight ways you can get that tight neck loosened up. 1. Massage. If you have massage does your massage therapist massage, warm and loosen the muscles on the front of your chest and arms and abdomen? Does she or he or has anyone checked to see whether [...]
Tension headaches should really be called Muscle Tension Headaches. They happen when we do things that tighten the muscles that attach at the base of the head. What are some of these things? 1. Driving. Most car seats tilt back too far or have headrests that push your head forward. Either of these will strain [...]
Posted in aging, natural health on Jul 30th, 2011
Bodies heal all the time. Sometimes when you have pain or discomfort you think, “I’m getting old.” Or maybe you (or your doctor) says, “It’s arthritis.” Well, maybe it’s arthritis. Maybe not. But it’s probably muscles and muscles are fixable. Joint pain is often really muscle pain. We think
Posted in fibromyalgia on Jul 9th, 2011
Fibromyalgia is a whole-body pain syndrome. A “syndrome” is a bunch of symptoms. Symptoms are things like irritable bowel, headache, muscle pain–those are symptoms. And your body is 100% all natural so it just seems reasonable to me to use 100% all natural methods to get rid of the things that cause pain and distress [...]
