All Stories Tagged With: "pain"
Massage Shown to Reduce Inflammation at Molecular Level
Massage is a fantastic technique for reducing stress and inducing deep relaxation. Receiving a massive can be the perfect treatment to lift the great proverbial weight off your shoulders and make way for an easier day. While these are important reasons to receive a massage, scientists have found that a message reduces inflammation at the molecular level, causing it to reduce pain similar to painkilling drugs. The best part? It isn’t a drug.
Natural Care Beats Painkillers in Neck Pain Relief
Neck pain is an extremely common problem which, along with back pain, often leads to disability-like effects. Generally it is not known how to effectively approach neck pain, which affects nearly 70% of people at some point in their lives. So pain medications like aspirin, ibuprofen, or narcotics are often turned to instead. But there are much better and safer solutions available than harmful pain medications – chiropractic care and physical therapy. A study was recently conducted comparing various treatments for neck pain, which many doctors for some reason believe has no treatment. The researchers gathered 272 participants for the study, where each individual had neck pain with no particular cause.
Yoga Proven to be a Viable Solution for Back Pain
Along with knee pain and even obesity, back pain is one of the most widely experienced health complications rendering individuals with feelings of disability today. While chronic back pain is often thought of as a negative side-effect of getting older, the “naturally occurring” symptom is actually completely preventable. While these methods are often utilized for different reasons, two techniques have proven to be fabulous in treating back pain for years — yoga and stretching.
Study Finds Massage Leads to Lower Back Pain Relief
Massage therapy may provide more relief for patients with chronic low back pain than thought — at least in the short term — according to a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers affiliated with the Seattle-based Group Health Research Institute divided a total of 401 chronic low back pain patients into three groups. One of the groups served as a control group, with no changes in care, while those in the other two groups received either relaxation massage or structural massage.
