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Heat Or Ice For Upper Back Pain And Neck Pain?

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Should you use heat packs or cold packs for upper back pain?  Which helps upper back pain more?  Heat or cold?

The answer is:  It depends!

The rule of thumb is heat for muscular pain and ice or cold for nervy pain.

If your upper back pain feels more like muscle strain or muscular aches, heat is probably the way to go.  Muscles tend to respond well to heat.  You might also want to think about applying heat to your upper chest muscles to help them relax, too.

On the other hand, if you have Continue reading Heat Or Ice For Upper Back Pain And Neck Pain? →

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How To Relax Your Neck Muscles And Get Rid Of Neck Pain

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What causes pain in your neck?  Most often the cause is muscles.

Unless you had a traumatic accident which shifted your neck bones, muscles are generally to blame.  Even if the pain is caused by pressure on nerves, muscles are still the bad guy.  Muscles caused the pressure on the nerves to start in the first place.

Here are some ways to relax those neck muscles and take pressure off the nerves.

1.  Ice massage.  Use ice to massage the muscles in front on the sides and in back of your neck.  Also do the base of your skull and the top of your breastbone.  Go to http://SimplePainRelief.com and look for the Category for Ice and Heat.

2.  Do subtle, gentle movements.  Don’t try to force movement in your neck.  Rather, Continue reading How To Relax Your Neck Muscles And Get Rid Of Neck Pain →

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Neck Pain – How To Get Rid Of The Pain In Your Neck

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Here’s how neck pain starts.  Your neck is attached to your shoulders.  And to your upper back.  And to your chest and abdomen.  And to your lower back. Your legs.  Feet, too.

Your neck muscles got tight and crabby because all of those muscles from all over your body were pulling on your neck and head.

When your head started moving forward (because the muscles in the front of your body were pulling it)  in front of your body instead of over it–when your perfect posture started to collapse–gravity was able to grab Continue reading Neck Pain – How To Get Rid Of The Pain In Your Neck →

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Get The Natural Curves Back In Your Spine And Reduce Neck And Back Pain

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If you have lost the natural curves in your spine there is a good chance that you suffer from neck and back pain.

When you were born you were curled into a rounded-back position.   In a little while you began to stretch your arms and legs and rolled over and arched your back in the opposite direction of that birth position.  You pushed up with your arms and lifted your head.

Why?

You were getting the muscles around your spine and torso ready to walk!  You were creating the natural curves in your back that you needed.

So now you have back or neck pain but bodies heal all the time.

It’s important for you to know this.  Bodies (to read the rest of this article click this link–>) http://simplepainrelief.com/2010/01/08/how-to-get-the-natural-curves-back-in-your-spine-to-improve-posture-and-reduce-neck-and-back-pain/

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