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Monday, April 28, 2014

By Eloise Hewitt


Pain or discomfort in necks has somewhat been a common problem but there are ways of prevention and remedy which you can use. These tips are even simple. They would start with maintaining the appropriate posture to keep your weight at even distribution.

You can also try creating some things that could help. For instance, a lavender heated neck wrap is a good stress relieving tool. Plus, you can personally make this by yourself.

The next matter that you can do something about is to pick out the kind of chair which would be able to support posture. It should also include in your qualifications that which could be your encouragement to sit in the proper way and avoid hunching over. This would be the most common reason why you have pain in the first place.

Moreover, there are some people who will have to work for several hours a day sitting at the computer table which would tend to cause stiffness of your body. This would also be applicable for those who will have to travel in planes and buses for a very long period. In order to remedy the situation, you can stretch gently each hour in order to make your muscles loose.

One more move you can actually do in order to gain relief is to especially to a sudden pain is by simply placing an ice pack. Keep it in place for ten up to fifteen minutes every two hours or maybe three hours within the first two days. Be sure you wrap it first with a cloth and do not directly place in on your skin.

There is yet another therapy that would be following this and that would be the heat treatment which can begin on the third day. One way you can do this is to stand in your warm shower for a couple of minutes and another way is to secure some heating packs or some microwavable pads. But there are also commercial pads which can be disposed after usage but the warmth would last for long hours.

It will be good for you as well that you would massage the affected part gently as this would be great in reducing any pain. To make this even more convenient, you can install massage setting in your shower or you can get your personal therapist. You may use as well a relief cream for better results.

If you are already in bad condition and all of the tips above are not helping anymore, there are some medications you can secure over the counter such as ibuprofen, paracetamol and aspirin. However, taking these pills should be in the right dose. If you do not feel relieved by these, then see your doctor.

Furthermore, your mattress should be firm if possible and not the soft one because this will only worsen the condition up to your spine. The springs must also be checked for a time and again since they can be broken over a period. There are also some exercise that can make your neck muscles stronger.




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