“Knots” or muscle spasms in your upper back happen for a reason. Or, maybe for a few reasons. 🙂
You see, almost all muscular pain happens for a reason or a cause. It could be something you’re doing or not doing.
If you figure out the cause and get rid of the cause, you can get rid of the pain!
Most often the reason for upper back muscle spasms and pain is Continue reading What Causes Knots In Your Upper Back
In some earlier articles here about scoliosis (curvature of the spine) I may have made it sound more simple to “fix” than it may be.
Sometimes it’s a lot easier than other times to straighten the curves naturally. It all depends on what the causes may be.
Knots or muscle spasms in your upper back can benefit from this simple tool: a tennis ball.
Tennis balls can be a very easy, cost effective way to get rid of muscle spasms or “knots” near your shoulder blades. The only thing is, sometimes they are a great way to get rid of knots but sometimes they don’t work as well.
When tennis ball therapy doesn‘t get rid of your muscle knots, it’s because Continue reading Get Rid Of Muscle Spasms In Your Upper Back With Tennis Ball Therapy
Did you know that your feet can cause back pain?
Your feet are the foundation of your whole skeleton. They are supposed to have arches (like little bridges) to support the rest of your structure. But some feet don’t.
Flat arches will cause the rest of the structure–your body–to collapse inward and forward. This places a lot of strain on your muscles and joints and causes back pain. It also causes Continue reading How Feet Cause Pain In Your Back and Poor Posture
If you have back pain, you may already know what a good friend ice can be.
Lots of folks think they prefer heat for their back pain. They like the way it feels more than they do ice (and I don’t blame them one bit!)
But as a natural pain relief tool for getting rid of muscle spasms and knots ice offers great benefit. Heat may actually aggravate your back pain especially Continue reading Ice Is A Great Natural Self-Help Tool For Back Pain
Most people don’t know when they have a leg length difference but they DO know when they have pain in their low back!
Surgery for lower back pain is not offered nearly as much as it used to be. The reason is because it so often did not help; many patients still had the same pain afterward.
Bill had surgery and still had the same pain after he healed. Years later, he ended up coming to have therapeutic massage and was surprised when I pressed on certain muscles near his waist. They were tight!
Helping those muscles to relax got rid of a lot of his lower back pain. But that wasn’t all.
The pain would have come back in short order unless we figured out what was causing the pain.
In Bill’s case, he had a difference in the lengths of his legs. One was almost 2″ shorter than the other!
When you are walking around on legs that have that much difference (or even much less) you will certainly Continue reading Surgery For Low Back Pain Caused By Leg Length Differences
Injury and muscle imbalances are the two most common causes of lower back pain. Muscle imbalances can cause you to have poor posture. Poor posture is also called “forward head posture” and “collapsing posture.” This causes pain.
Poor posture includes incorrect positioning of the pelvic bones and either too much or too little curvature in the spine. This causes increased wear and tear on your joints, muscles, ligaments and your spinal discs. This happens because muscles move bones.
NOTE: If you have loss of bowel or bladder control with your low back pain that can mean a medical emergency, so get to the Emergency Room in a hospital as quickly as possible.
What are the most common lower back pain treatments?
The most common treatment by doctors and Continue reading How Do Muscles Cause Lower Back Pain And How Can You Fix Them
“Woman Breaks Her Own Ribs Crawling Through Cave”
That’s what I thought the headline would read. It was my first time ever on a cave crawl. When I got to the low ceiling and could no longer crawl on my knees I had to do the army crawl (belly crawl.) That’s when I dislocated my ribs for the second time in 2 days.
I had done the same thing 2 days prior practicing this belly crawl on the living room floor but on the opposite side of my ribs. That side was feeling somewhat better when I did it again in the cave.
I did this by cleverly (and incorrectly) placing Continue reading Pain From Dislocated Ribs
If you have lower back pain or sciatica here’s something you should know.
There is a muscle on each side of your waist called the quadradus lumborum or QL.
It is also called “the muscle from hell” and “the four-sided devil.”
See the dark red muscle at the waist on the far side of this illustration? That’s it on the left back side of a body. It attaches to the lower ribs, the spine and the hip bone. The outer side of the QL is open. (Those are the 4 sides.)
That one in the picture is Continue reading The Four-Sided Devil Muscle That Causes Low Back Pain
Muscle and joint pain in your back can be caused by a variety of prescription medications. Most prescription drugs have a whole laundry list of side effects. That’s why I’m always encouraging you to go the natural route–no side effects. That’s pretty cool.
Here’s an article about unwanted side effects like back pain caused by a drug called Continue reading Back Pain Can Be Caused By Prescription Drugs