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, Muscles, Stretches, Upper Spine
If you are a zebra grazing on the savannah, and you see the shadow of a lion on the grass. Your sympathetic nervous system kicks into gear, taking the blood away from the digestive system and sending it to the muscles so that you can run fast. This is the flight-or-fight reaction.
Very important for survival.
But [...]
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Posted 10 April 2009
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Also tagged: All Sorts, Amazon, Chronic Back Pain, Digestive System, Diseases, Grass, How To Reduce Stress, Immune System, Lion, Muscles, Pain Stress, Savannah, Survival, Sympathetic Nervous System, Traffic, Ulcers, Zebra, Zebras
Just bending down to pick something off the floor can be dicey if your back is giving you trouble. You look at that spoon that fell down and think “Is it worth trying to pick it up? Will I be able to straighten out once I bend down?”
When your back is on that edge of [...]
Here is my biased take on some treatments for sciatica.
Physical therapy. If you go to a doctor for sciatica, he will probably give you a pain killer and then suggest that you see a physical therapist. They are very well trained to help you change the physical habits that may be causing the pain. [...]
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Posted 14 April 2008
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Also tagged: Acupuncture, Acupuncturists, American Chiropractic, Chiropractor, Crazy Things, International Chiropractic, Licensed Acupuncturist, Muscle Memory, Muscle Tightness, Needles, Pain Killer, Physical Habits, Physical Therapist, Physical Therapy, Pin Cushion, Rolfing, Sciatica, Swedish Massage, Vertebrae