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When you have finally made it through the simultaneous stress and joy of the holidays, you may find yourself with some literal aches and pains that were not there before. All of the tension from the holidays paired with hours lugging presents and suitcases around, as well as cooking big meals can give you back pain and neck pain. While you may be tempted to just soldier on and ignore the pain you are feeling, there are numerous treatment options available to you for your back and neck pain. So, get to know these options and make that pain you are experiencing a thing of the past so you can enjoy the first few months of the new year pain-free.
Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic care is one of the most underrated treatments for aches and pains around. This alternative medicine treatment is based on the idea that the spine is the central hub of the body and any misalignments or other issues with the spine can contribute to pain throughout the body as well as other ailments and illnesses.
When the spine becomes misaligned, the nerves that travel along the spinal column may become pinched or otherwise blocked, preventing them from being able to transmit messages between the brain and the rest of the body. In the case of neck and back pain, the spine being misaligned can have this indirect effect on the pain as well as a direct effect, because when the spine is not in proper position, the muscles and other tissues around the spine have to try to compensate and work harder to keep the body in proper position.
To remedy your back and neck pain, a chiropractor will perform manual manipulations of your spine to gently nudge it back into alignment. In addition to the treatments in the office, the chiropractor will also likely give you exercises and stretches to do at home such as spinal twists and extensions to keep the spine in proper alignment.
Massage Therapy
Of course, sometimes you can have serious neck and back pain even when your spine is properly aligned. After the holiday season and all the stress that goes along with it, it is possible that you are still carrying that tension in your back and neck muscles. This extra muscle tension can cause you stiffness and pain in those areas.
Massage therapy is designed to help with that muscle tension. When you get a massage, they will manually seek out the source of your muscle pain and tension in your neck and back. Once they find a muscle knot (a portion of a muscle that is essentially locked into a contracted state, always squeezing), they will use manual pressure techniques as well as heat or other tools to release that tension.
Aromatherapy is sometimes also paired with massage therapy as the scents help to relax the brain and nervous system, allowing the muscles to also relax and more easily respond to the manual massage treatments. Even a single massage session can sometimes rid you of all of the residual back and neck pain you experience after the holidays.
Now that you have a few ideas of how to manage your neck and back pain from the holidays, you can get the treatment you need and get back to feeling like yourself once more.
To learn more about back pain, contact a company like Southwest Florida Neurosurgical Associates.
Share29 November 2015
