Whether you work at an office desk answering phones or you are on your feet doing manual labor day in and day out, the repetitive nature of your work and actions on a daily basis can cause you to feel frequent aches and pains. While these aches and pains happen to just about anyone from time to time, this by no means makes them normal. In other words, you should not just grit your teeth and bear it when you begin to feel frequent pain and discomfort. Instead, get to know some of the potential options available to you to help you alleviate and treat your aches and pains. Give these options a try first:
Massage
While most people think that getting a massage is a luxury or spa treatment, there are also people who swear by massage as a way to treat and manage aches and pains. This is because when people experience stress or use their muscles and bodies in the same ways frequently, their muscles can develop knots or points of tension that can cause severe aches and pains.
Massage therapists are trained to locate those muscle knots and points of tension. They then use controlled pressure to work that tension out of the muscles and the body overall. This can be done manually (using the hands) or through the use of hot stones, acupressure tools, or other massage therapy tools.
Regular massage can help to relieve those aches and pains a person experiences. Additionally, massage therapy helps to relieve stress in general which may eventually prevent those aches and pains from recurring, or can at least reduce the frequency and intensity of these occurrences.
Chiropractic Care
While massage therapy is designed to treat aches and pains that occur as the result of muscle tension, chiropractic care focuses on skeletal causes, specifically spinal causes. According to chiropractic care practitioners, misalignments in the spinal column can cause disruptions in the proper function and operation of the nervous system.
When the nerves are disrupted, blocked, or pinched, it can cause aches and pains throughout the body because messages cannot be properly transmitted between the brain and the rest of the body. Chiropractic spinal adjustments work to guide the spine back into alignment so that the nervous system can operate properly. This can help to relieve many of your aches and pain over time and continued treatments.
As you can see, there are options available to you to help you deal with your daily aches and pains. So, keep these options in mind and be sure to seek out treatment when you begin to experience chronic or frequent pain.
Share21 April 2015
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