How Does a Tens Unit Work on Muscle Spasm- Pain comes from electroechemical impulses relaying the pain message. A TENS unit interrupts this pathway. T.E.N.S stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. It is often used to treat low back pain and neck pain. Tens units use a low voltage electrical current to induce pain relief. Continue Reading Article
Neck Exercises- Learn effective neck stretches and strengthening exercises for the cervical spine
End Neck Pain by Improving Posture- How Proper Posture Improves Your Spine Relieving Nerve Pressure- How does posture have anything to do with neck pain?--Neck pain comes from pressure on the nerves. How does this happen?--Usually pressure from a misaligned neck spine. When your spine is misaligned (some call that subluxated) it does not move like it should and in turn creates inflammation in that area. Either out-of-alignment spinal vertebrae (spinal bones) put direst pressure on nerves or the inflammation, or built up degeneration causes the pressure. Continue Reading Article
How to Reduce the Chances of Getting A Stiff Neck- A Stiff Neck.... Horrible especially when you wake up in the morning and realize that it is going to be one painful day. You are stiff, your neck hurts, you cannot turn your head, even brushing your teeth hurts. We get questions about how to treat a stiff neck all the time. Continue Reading Article
How To Avoid Neck Pain While Doing Abs- If you do your Abdominal crunches correctly with proper form, there is no reason to suffer from neck pain or sore neck. One of the biggest mistakes that people make is that involve there neck muscles while doing these exercises- that is a NO-NO. Bringing your head and neck forward puts unnecessary pressure on the neck and it is not healthy. So when you do your abdominal crunch look at the ceiling.Continue Reading Article
In my kitchen we use turmeric two ways. First we juice with raw turmeric every morning. Second, we use it extensively in our indian cooking. Additionally, I even add it to my western dishes like lasagna, soups, and even eggs. Turmeric is that golden ingredient that can be easily added to any dish and instantly give you health benefits. Yes it can be messy to work with and create orange stains everywhere. But its well worth it.
Here are 10 Health Benefits of Turmeric:
It Prevents Cancer - it has the ability to stop tumor cells and keeps cancer away
Relieves Arthritis Pain including swelling and pain
Controls diabetes - it keeps insulin at normal levels
Decreases cholesterol levels - it can bring down cholesterol levels
Increases immunity within the body - it kills bacteria, viruses and fungi
Helps to heal wounds - it naturally cleans
Helps with weight loss and keeps you at an ideal weight
Prevents Alzheimer's disease - it helps oxygen flow in the brain
Improves Digestion - it lessens bloating and gas production
Keeps your liver Healthy - it forces poisons out of the liver
This blog post comes from a recent QUORA question I came across recently:
I'm a six-footer and taller than the majority of people in my country. I'm 18, and when I was 16 I developed a habit of forcefully popping my neck sidewise. It grew worse, and now I have to pop my neck to relieve my pain every few minutes. I have a bad posture, too, with my neck a little crooked. What should I do?
Neck Pain Sucks. As a teenager, you probably have other things you are dealing with, and you don’t need neck pain to bringing you down. This habit of forcefully popping your neck and self cracking needs to stop. You are creating a situation of hypermobility (too much movement) in the cervical spine and it is not healthy for your neck.
Your bad posture is probably contributing to your neck pain and you need to find relief in a different way. This unhealthy habit is setting you up for neck pain for your entire life.
Here are a few things to try:
See a chiropractor about your neck pain. They can make sure your neck is in alignment. They will probably adjust your neck in a controlled environment. They will also do different therapies for you such as: muscle work, electric stim, and neck traction. Plus see #2 #3 and #4- your chiropractor will help you with numerous things.
Do neck stretches and neck strengthening exercises. Your Chiropractor will help to prescribe this for you. You need to strengthen in the cervical spine muscles.
Fix your posture. You sound like you are taller than many people in your country. Hold your head up high. Don’t be cranking your neck and putting yourself in an awkward position. Bad posture puts a lot of stress on your cervical spine and you carrying around extra weight and pressure that is causing more pressure on your neck. This equals more neck pain. I am sure you have heard of text (or tech) neck – you have something similar going on.
Use a supportive neck pillow at night. Again ask your chiropractor to recommend a pillow that would be ideal for you. Try to get a neck pillow that has neck contours on it. One example is the arc4life linear gravity neck pillow. This neck pillow has 2 neck rolls on it that will naturally align your head and neck in the most comfortable way possible. Also you can sleep on your back and on your side easily. If you get a good night’s sleep that is the first step in helping get rid of the neck pain you are experiencing.
Sleeping in the wrong way, lifting something too heavy, or just having bad posture at work while on the computer can lead to SI joint pain. The SI Joint or the Sacro-iliac joint is the joint between the sacrum and the iliac bones. The SI Joint can become unstable and not give the proper support that it is supposed to. This can lead to moderate to severe pain in the SI joint area. This can affect all activities including walking, standing and change of position. If you have recently had a slip or fall and your core muscles are weak, this can also affect the Sacro iliac joint and pelvis area. An SI Belt can assist with this type of pain. The sacro-iliac belt can compress the SI Joint together for you and create a more stable moving posture.
The SI belt also works to stabilize the hip joints and helps relieve pain from the sciatic nerve and scoliosis caused by pelvic instability. One important factor when wearing a belt like this is to make sure you are wearing it in the right location. Since it comes in sizes small, through 3 XL size also matters when fitting an SI belt. Where should this belt sit? Its called an SI Belt, so you want to make sure you cover the sacro-iliac joints. If you look at a person from the back, you will notice two dimples that sit at the top of the crease of the buttocks on the right and left side. Make sure the belt covers this area. You want to be on the very top side part of the hip bone.
For the Hip Measurement: Measure around the widest part of your hip for the hip measurement. Measure at fullest part of the buttocks
You do want to wear an SI belt more on the snug side as the compression part of wearing the SI Belt will be beneficial to you the most. Give yourself some extra inches as well, as you do not want an uncomfortable type of tightness. Measurement loose vs skin tight can be 2-2 ½ inches.Best secure fitting is while laying down w/knees bent
How Should this Belt Fit? When you measure, start in the back and finish in the front.The Bottom of support should be at the (crease of buttocks) in the back The Bottom of the support should be at the groin in the front. Normally straps fit right over left. Pull the straps out away from body and then cross. Add compression from bottom to top.
Post Fitting: It is important to sit down to check fitting. Ease and Motion may be more limited.The Belt should not dig into your groin area. When removing, decrease compression from top to bottom. Also When removing, disengage velcro and attach at far posterior of belt where straps originate. **Depending on your condition, the application of the device may need to be done by a secondary care-taker or significant other.
