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 September 7, 2005
Increasing the Range of Motion in the Upper Back
James had been living with chronic tightness of the neck and upper back with
a constant dull ache which sometimes turned severe. As a result the shortened
muscles had rounded his shoulders forward and restricted the range of motion in his neck.
After the first Trigger Point treatment he said, with a big smile, "the last time I could turn my
head this much was 15 years ago".
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 August
23, 2005
Pain killers could not relieve her headaches
Denise had been experiencing higher stress than usual
and on palpation found that the muscles on her neck, shoulders and
upper back were quite tight (hyper tonic) . The combined tightness in
all these areas can put an enormous amount of stress on the base of the
skull and the upper spine (cervical vertebrae)
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July 29, 05
How Muscle Tension and Pain grows and spreads
Here I will discuss how the tightness restricts blood circulation and tissue
fluid drainage and impinges on nerves, affecting the health of the tissue and
causing more pain.
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July
15, 2005
Muscle Tightness and The Pain Cycle
Muscle pain starts when the tone passes a certain level. This is called the Pain Threshold.
so tightness is just a lower degree of pain. Tightness constricts blood and lymph vessels and
impinges on nerves causing more pain. So since tightness is (or causes) pain
and pain causes tightness, we now have a pain cycle and hence...
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 March 24, 2005
Tightness and Pain in the Neck and Shoulders
In this issue I discuss the symptoms and causes of tight and painful neck and
shoulder muscles . I will also describe how you can recognize these
symptoms, treatment of these conditions - what you can do to give yourself
relief.
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March 14, 2005
Tightness and Pain - Symptoms
Almost everyone I have met has some degree of tightness in the neck
and shoulders. Perhaps you don't feel pain at this moment but if you
palpate your neck and shoulders you will feel some muscles that are
tight and firm - this is where you will likely find a sensation we
can describe as pain
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 Feb 8, 2005
GRAVITY BOOTS
Today, gravity boots are marketed for two distinct purposes: 1) Fitness/martial arts training, and 2)
Therapy for back problems. For therapeutic purposes, gravity boots are usually sold along with an
inversion table.
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