Neck pain can affect us at any time, and in most cases, there is a lot that remedial massage therapy can do to help.
If you are niggled by headaches, feel that you can't turn your head properly, or are struggling with neck ache there are several causes...
The first is our tendency to hunch our shoulders when busy or stressed shortening the cervical trapezius and levator scapulae muscles. Eventually the muscle will remain shortened and in permanent tension.
The second is a tendency in some people for gritty pockets of lactic acid to gather in the tissues. You may notice some small knobbly lumps in the back of your neck. Stress, dehydration, whiplash and not cooling and stretching down after exercise contribute to how this lactic acid builds up rather than being broken down in the normal way.
If you put these two factors together you will end up with shortened, aggravated and often spasming neck muscles. And one of the often observed consequences is a referred pain which is felt shooting up to the eyes or temples, causing migraine-like headaches.
Deep tissue massage will help break down the lactic acid deposits making for more healthy and flexible muscle. Trigger pointing can be used to target the central point of spasm in an individual muscle and dissolve it. Often headaches lessen or disappear after trigger pointing. Special gentle stretching techniques can then be used to further lengthen the affected muscles for optimum range of movement.
As I specialise in posture and spinal alignment, I can also advise you on the best way to sit, stand, exercise and walk to improve the angle of your neck. This helps prevent further problems and can defer the onset or worsening of vertebral degeneration and arthritis.
Muscle Injury Therapy and Remedial Massage Therapy has been used successfully many times to treat whiplash after a cycling, car or horse riding accident, or even after a heavy fall.
I am also able to help detect whether there may be some deeper cause of your neck pain such as a prolapsing disc and I will work alongside your GP or a local chiropractor to help further if this is the case.
About more than 80% of people are getting back pain throughout their life at several stages. However,most of the people are not care about the pain issues and suffering more rather than who care about it.Many back pain physiotherapy specialists are working to make awareness and teaching technique how to avoid back pains.
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