I once had small electric currents passed through acupuncture needles that were put in my back to relieve pain. The therapist explained that the currents were pulsing my muscles many times over the twenty minutes that the needles were in. That pulsing of the muscle made them tired and so they would relax.
Here is an [...]
There is a limit to what the abdominal exercises that I have shown can do. Once my back was no longer tender, I wanted to get more contraction of the deepest muscles so that my back would have good support.
My 85 year old mother in law uses this device to exercise every day. [...]
When my back was in spasm, I worked to stretch it on my own, I often used heating pads, and I went to a chiropractor.
After he adjusted my spine, cracked my neck and worked my upper spine, I got off the table feeling very straight and aligned.
That feeling lasted until I got to [...]
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Posted 30 April 2009
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Also tagged: Bus Stop, Chiropractor, Chiropractors, Exercises, Heating Pads, Massage, Massages, Masseuse, Masseuses, Spasm, Stretches, Upper Spine
The other day Ava was crying. She’s only five months old, so she does that a lot.
To quiet her, I was carrying her in a pouch that hangs around the front of my body. It is a very comfortable way to hold her and it keeps both hands free.
As I was walking around the house, [...]
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Posted 14 April 2009
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Stress Reduction
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Also tagged: All Sorts, Ava, Clock, Cramp, Exercise, Five Months, Knees, Lot, Pay Attention, Silly Thing, Slow Motion, Toes
When I was flat on my back with pain from a spasm in my iliopsoas, I read the books by John Sarno, MD. One of which, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection, I mentioned in my post on reducing stress
Actually, they were recommended to me by a friend who also suffered back pain.
She thought [...]
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Posted 13 April 2009
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Also tagged: Amazon, Anger, Back Spasm, Emotions, Flat On My Back, Healing Back Pain, Hedge Fund, Iliopsoas, John Sarno Md, Muscle Tension, Painful Memory, Pigeon, Reducing Stress, S Books, Tension Myositis Syndrome, Thirty Years, Tms, Yoga Class, Yoga Teacher