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Causes of Back Pain, Upper Back Pain

What Causes Those Miserable Knots and Muscle Spasms In Your Upper Back

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Why are muscles spasms in upper backs such a common problem now?

Here’s a list of some of the most common reasons for those miserable muscle knots:

Lifestyle.
Computers.
Couches.
Laptops.
Car seats.
Working positions.
Habits.
Weak back muscles.
TMS (Too Much Sitting).
TMJF (Too Much Junk Food) Poor nutrition.
Mineral deficiencies.

But all of these can be overcome.

Honest!  It’s your body and you have to take action to get better.  No one can do it for you.  (But some people, like Continue reading What Causes Those Miserable Knots and Muscle Spasms In Your Upper Back →

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Causes of Back Pain, Natural Back Pain Relief, Self Help

Minerals Get Rid Of Muscle Pain In Your Back

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Research shows that when you lack certain minerals your muscles get unhappy.  When your muscles are ‘unhappy’ they complain by giving you back pain.   Your muscles don’t function as well as they could if you have mineral deficiencies.

You only need very small amounts of minerals to make a big difference in your health.

Magnesium, potassium, calcium and, for some people, iron are the minerals that help muscles function their best.

What’s the best way to get these minerals?

Eating a very healthy diet (not the conventional American diet with lots of highly processed foods) is a good start.  Dark green veggies, nuts and seeds, and other real foods have minerals and vitamins, too.

Processed foods may not provide you with what your muscles need and some of the ingredients actually steal the minerals you do have in your body!  (Yellow #5, I’m looking at you.  It has several different names.)

An additional way to Continue reading Minerals Get Rid Of Muscle Pain In Your Back →

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Causes of Back Pain, Natural Back Pain Relief

Why You Must Treat The CAUSE Of Your Back Pain

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The pain in your back is a symptom.  It means something is wrong but it’s probably not the cause of your back pain.

Here’s a good analogy about getting rid of back pain that involves unlocking the door to your home.

Treating symptoms without treating the Cause of the symptoms is like trying to unlock your door by turning the key but leaving the deadbolt locked.

It just doesn’t work.

When therapy or surgery isn’t successful it is because Continue reading Why You Must Treat The CAUSE Of Your Back Pain →

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You Will NOT Have Back Pain Forever

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When your back hurts you might think you will have back pain forever.  But that’s not usually true!

You have a smart body.  Your back pain is a message.  Your body is telling you that it is not happy about something that is happening.

There are a lot of causes for back pain but most involve your muscles.

Muscles are the most commonly overlooked cause of pain.

Muscles move joints, bones, disks in your spine and press on nerves.

Muscles rule!  🙂

Here’s a back pain healing story:

Sharon said, “My mom’s been Continue reading You Will NOT Have Back Pain Forever →

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Should I Take Muscle Relaxers For Back Spasms

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Judy says, “Hello,  I have not been able to stop my back spasms.  My dad also has the same problem and he tells me I should see a doctor and be put on muscle relaxers.  I want to, but I’m afraid that after I finish the meds, the spasms will return.”

“Will this be a never ending cycle?”

That was a great question!  Her fear could come true–stop the meds and the pain can come back because she didn’t get rid of the cause.  Most pain has a Continue reading Should I Take Muscle Relaxers For Back Spasms →

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What Causes Back Pain And Natural Steps You Can Take For Back Pain Relief

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We humans get back pain when our muscles get out of balance.  The good news is that there are steps you can take to get back into muscular balance and to get rid of your back pain naturally!

How does back pain happen?

Well, we are supposed to move, run, jump, climb, roll and continue doing all of the cool, fun things we did as young children.

But most of us do not.  :(

So, we get back pain.  Why?   Discover the rest of the story at:

http://simplepainrelief.com/2010/05/30/what-causes-back-pain/ (<– click the link to go to the article.)

There is so much you can do to get rid of your back pain naturally.  I have faith in you.  I believe you can do it.

You Deserve To Feel Better! 🙂

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Causes of Back Pain

How Feet Cause Pain In Your Back and Poor Posture

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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 →

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What Keeps Back Pain From Going Away

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If your back pain won’t go away and stay away, maybe it just can’t.

Here are several possible reasons:

1.  Muscle memory.  You might be able to relax or release the muscles just enough so your pain lessens but it comes back because your muscles “remember” that they are supposed to be in spasm.  You can change this.

2.  Old age.  You may think that you cannot get better because you are “getting old.”  You are most likely wrong.

3.  Trigger points.  Muscles elsewhere or other soft tissues (not bones) have developed trigger points that are “firing” into Continue reading What Keeps Back Pain From Going Away →

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Dislocated Ribs Heal

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My last article told the story of how I dislocated my ribs.  This one continues to the cure.  🙂

It just wasn’t getting completely better so I ended up going to my colleague Janet who is an excellent massage therapist.  We took a lot of advanced training together and worked together, too.  She “surrounded the dragon” (the painful rib area) using finger pressure to relax tender muscles.

The dislocated ribs were mid-chest.  Janet pressed into the muscles in the upper ribs near my collar bones.  She also released (relaxed) the muscles on the sides of my back and spine.

But I just could not let her press into the painful rib joint at my breastbone.  I just couldn’t.  Way too painful!

And when she gently lifted my head Continue reading Dislocated Ribs Heal →

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Pain From Dislocated Ribs

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“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 →

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