Being Generously Endowed Can Cause Back Pain

For women who are generously endowed, large breast can be a source of considerable pain. Some women will suffer severe pain, deteriorating posture and are at risk for spinal deformity and other repetitive stress.

The pain in the back seems to be the worse during changes in their menstrual cycle. The problem results from changes in the normal anatomical structure caused by the excess weight on the chest and the weak muscular support.

Another fact related to this condition is that some women even feel ashamed and actually try to hide it by altering their posture by allowing their shoulders to roll forward. The abnormal posture will possibly put pressure on an area of the upper body near the shoulders called the thoracic outlet.

When this occurs, a bundle of nerves and blood vessels can become compressed and thereby lead to pain and discomfort down the upper extremities. Very large breasts not only can cause a reduction in the normal curve of the upper and mid-back region but also will potentially cause severe low back pain.

When the upper vertebrae of the spine are altered, the lower vertebrae then assume more stress. The challenge for these women is to maintain an efficient posture through proper strengthening and core stabilization exercises that can be prescribed by skilled physiotherapists knowledgeable in anatomy and bio-mechanics of the human back.

CAN MASSAGE CURE YOUR BACK PAIN?

Massaging the back can be helpful, if done by a skilled therapist. Benefits of massage are enormous; massage relaxes and tones the muscles of the back. Massage stimulates the peripheral nerves that enervate the back muscles. A well massaged back invigorates the body, leading a good sound sleep.

Massage has been shown to have a range of other health benefits, lowering blood pressure to easing migraines. Research has shown that massage has help relieve victims of cancer, Hypertension, Panic-attacks. Massage can also help lower stress, which is a good thing for your overall health.

There are many types of massage techniques, though a consumer may know a specific massage modality they want, it is generally best to ask the therapist what massage modality will give you the results you want. Most therapist use various massage modalities to achieve desired results.

The four most common types of massage techniques are:
1.       Swedish: This is the most common of all, for patient that wants to relax and energized.
2.       Deep tissue: For muscle damage from an injury such as car accident or back strain.
3.       Sports: To help prevent athletic injury, keep the body flexible and heal the body.
4.       Chair: For massaging the upper body while seated in a special chair.

Massage therapy will do wonder for your back pain! It is capable of putting an end to your lasting disabling, agonizing and excruciating back pain. So why don’t you give it a try today!!!

Wishing you all a healthy CHRISTMAS in advance!!!

BACK PAIN WOES

There is no gain saying that back pain could cause your early retirement from your precious profession. There are many people who suffer the scourge of these back pain in silence, others stand the risk of having it in the nearest future. These back pain sufferers cannot recount the number of health institutions they have visited, the names of different drugs they have taken, to relieve the disabling back pain.

Disability from back pain is rarely the cause of a person physically not being able to function. The physical bodies of most patients do not have any nerve or muscle damage that would actually prevent them from getting around. The real reason of most disability is fear; the fear of the pain from becoming chronic back pain can create true disability.

Back pain can be sudden or insidious and can occur on any part of the back. It may target the neck and from there spread to the shoulders and hands. The pain may have its source at the mid-back and later spread across the ribs to underneath the breasts. The pain may finally target the lower back, spread to the buttocks and the legs with characteristics symptoms. 

Years of bad posture while in office, market places, at the construction site, repetitive trunk movement in offshore rig, unmodified traditional exercise of sit-ups and so many other back straining activities, if performed frequently, will subtly cause unpalatable impact on the human back.

It is necessary to take preemptive measures. As the adage goes “Prevention is better than cure”, once you notice sign of ache/pains begin to manifest on your back, consult your physician immediately before it deteriorates. 

The good news is that, irrespective of the cause of the mechanical back pain, a good therapeutic approach, tailored to the victims condition would not only bring relieve but will act on the source of the pain in the back and bring actual and expected effect.

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OBESITY, A FRIEND OF BACK PAIN

Obesity is fast becoming an epidemic and a thing of great concern in many parts of the world and according to statistics, it has been over time resulted into back pain. Less than four months ago, the United States army hierarchy reported bitterly of the increasing overweight personnel in its armed forces.

Obesity will aggravate almost all types of back pain. It can even be the primary cause of some types of muscular pain, especially in the lower back region. Extra weight a contributor towards degenerative disc disease. People who are overweight stand a higher risk of having slipped disc or prolapsed disc.

Obesity can also lead to osteoporosis {a disease affecting one’s bone making it brittle and weak} and is one of the major causes of stress fracture in the vertebrae of older obese victims. Obese people have a higher incidence of spinal stenosis {pain caused by narrowing of the nerve root canal}, spondylolisthesis {pain caused by a piece of vertebrae slipping over the other} and spinal arthritis.

Being overweight is not healthy at all, the increased risk for back pain are actually some of the least serious consequences of being obese. Other diseases accompanied by being obese are; hypertension, diabetes, stroke, and many other serious heart related diseases.

Bearing any weight on the affected area of the back aggravates many back pain conditions. An obese victim places much more stress on the painful area of the back, since it need support for that extra weight.

Obesity is a killer; it will deprive one of the qualities of live. It is important for you obese guys out there {male or female}, that you keep your weight in a healthy range. Doing this, you are by no means kicking out back pain from your life. Stay cubby free! Stay back pain free!! Stay healthy!!!

"NECK PAIN" A SILENT KILLER 2

Recently, it was in the news that tiger woods, the worlds no 1 golfer has recurring neck pain that forced his withdrawal from the players championship. The game he plays must have predisposed him to acute episodes of neck pain for quite some time and probably exacerbated by the car accident he had in November 2009, following his hasty thanksgiving night exit from his own driveway.

Woods backed his SUV into a fire hydrant and rammed a tree with resultant sore neck, leaving him dazed and requiring treatment at a nearby emergency clinic.

Neck pain can be caused by injury, stress, or by other health problems including some that may have serious consequences. Certain events, such as motor accident can affect the neck seriously.

Most post-traumatic neck pain symptom resulting from motor accident is known as whiplash injury. Pain resulting from such could occur to a person in a vehicle, whose vehicle is rammed from behind.

This event would cause the violent backward movement of the neck. The victim may complain of severe pain in the neck. He may have no control of both hands and legs, sensations also might be lost. Taking road accident precautions like the wearing of seat belts may prevent neck injury.

Certain occupation could easily make the neck susceptible to pain. Most neck pain result from complex relationship between individuals and workplace risk factors.

No prevention strategies have been discovered to reduce the incidence of neck pain among workers. Specific injuries that may occur in workplaces include: motor accident, falling from a height, hitting one’s head on a hard surface such as a wall.

Occupation that requires repetitive use of the shoulders and hands such as machine operators, carpenters, golfers, etc are more likely to develop neck pain.

In order to understand your symptoms and treatment choices, you must start with some understanding of the general anatomy of your spine and neck. This includes becoming familiar with the various parts that make up the neck.

You should have a general understanding of the function of these parts, how they work together. The more you know the more you will be able to talk with your doctor in words that will help them better understand your specific problem. It will also help you understand what they are telling you about your particular problem. 

 

"NECK PAIN" A SILENT KILLER

The case of common neck pain is more frightening because of its nearness to the head, which we know is the "engine room" for the initiation of the entire body activities. Personally, i feel so sad seeing countless number of victims going through the needless anguish of distressing and discomforting neck pain everyday. So many are ignorant of what else to do, having tried all orthodox and traditional therapies.

It is even worsened by the unprofessional comments made by some medical analysts concerning neck pain. Some victims of neck pain have been advised to treat themselves as semi-invalids. While some doctors have been professional enough in making some kind of consoling comment like: “Your neck pain will be alright, provided you don’t turn your head to the right or left not more than x degrees". There is specific treatment approach with meets with universal standards.

This cynical view about common neck pain is an indication of how elusive the solution is in the medical world. Really, pain in the hand could be caused by certain heart condition. This is far less common than the musculo-skeletal neck pain which is very common.

The human neck is a complex structure that contains the extension of a number of vital visceral structures, including the trachea, the oesophagus is an important blood vessels and a musculoskeletal system that provides for support and motion of the head. The cervical spine itself is a series of seven separate bone elements, designated as C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 and C7, all with intricate articular and an elaborate system of ligament and associated muscle.

The cervical vertebrae also protect and allow passage of the spinal cord and cervical nerve roots. Problems such as compression of the cervical nerve roots are a frequent source of neck pain and referred pain from the neck. In addition to the pain, it may cause numbness, tingling sensation, muscle weakness and reflex deficits in a specific location.

Signs and symptoms along the distribution of a cervical nerve root are called cervical radiculopathy or cervical spondylosis. The cervical nerve roots, C4, C5, C6 and C7, are most largely involved, and result in characteristic signs and symptoms in the shoulder and hands. The compressed C1, C2, C3, nerve root can also lead to back pain especially neck pain extending along the back of the head. Sometimes this experience extends to the muscles over the eye causing huge amount of discomfort.

"THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND BACK PAIN" PART 2

There are four ways sitting can contribute to back pain.

1. Compression on the lower spine: Sitting all the time can add undue compression on the joints of the lower back. Many individuals think sitting is better for the lower back {waist} than standing but sometimes sitting can be worse than standing. When you sit down, the weight of the upper back is rested on the pelvis, lower back, hips, knees and ankles. Sitting and standing can both put pressure on the lower back but though somewhat diverse procedure. If you suffer poor posture or poor core stability, you might feel pain in your lower back but sitting will put more pressure on the spine of the lower back.

2. Maintaining a fixed posture: Our body adapts to stresses we place on it. If you maintain a sedentary {i.E to be in a position for long hours} habitual lifestyle and sit all the time at work, it is no mean feat that your posture will be affected as a result of being stationary for too long. For many individuals, the changes in the upper back {neck} and mid-back are more noticeable than the changes in the lower back posture but excessive and prolonged sitting can harmfully affect lower back posture.

3. Poor flexibility: Imagine what sitting in front of a computer as a data administrator sitting on his chair and working out some ICT stuff or a secretary staying glued to the desk attending to correspondence all day, every day at work can do to your flexibility.

Flexibility is imperative for decreasing the possibility of contacting back pain. When your hips, legs, and spine are less flexible, your body does not move as efficiently as it ought to and when your body does not move efficiently, it compensates by putting additional pressure on the joints, ligaments and muscles.

4. Weakness and poor fitness: Many years ago, during the era of our ancestors more people were more active "even my grandpa before his demise used to be very active".

When you live an active lifestyle, your body is more resistant to activity related stress. Many individuals injure their lower back doing relatively easy things like bending down to pick something light off the ground. A sedentary lifestyle will definitely lead to weakness and poor fitness, which will increase the chances of contacting lower back pain.

So, if your job involves sitting down all day, then working out {exercise} is even more essential, so visit your doctor today who would refer you to a skilled chiropractor or physiotherapist...

"THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND BACK PAIN"

Office jobs has caused a grave harm in form of chronic back pain. Research shows that desk of office jobs are the major cause of frequent back pain. Are you suffering from endless and distressing back pain as a director, secretary, supervisor, clerk, banker or business man?

Computers, machineries and their likes have made many types of tiresome labour, things of the past. The downside to this modernization is an increasing frequency of the back ailments caused by incessant hours of sitting at work place.

As technology advances, more people are spending more time sitting, often in front of a computer, long hours under the steering wheel of their vehicles. And as conveniences increase, individuals are being less active. Sitting all the time poses danger on your posture and can add to endless pain in the neck, mid-back and more significantly your waist.

The body best functions not only when there is spacious physical movement but a varieties of movement. Except in rare situations, children seldom complain of lower back pain, reason is that they run, jump, roll, spin, and twist all day. The body of a child receives streams of sensory information, keeping their muscles and joints, tendons, ligaments, stretched, loose and mobile.

The vast majority of lower back problems are muscular in origin. If the muscles are not stimulated and stretched frequently, they become firm and stiff. This can make an individual to experience back pain especially waist pain. Lack of movement can be a major factor for lower back pain {waist pain}. As such it can set the stage leading to primary cause of back pain.

The human body is not designed to linger in a stationary posture for long period of time; unfortunately most people do occupy stationary position for majority of their working day. This stationary posture occupied while doing office jobs is not good for the back.

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BACK PAIN: A UNIVERSAL HEALTH PROBLEM

Common back pain has long been among us for some time now. Undoubtedly, back pain is a universal health problem; it affects both white and black. It does not discriminate; it afflicts men and women, children and adults. In the office hierarchy, it affects both the executive and clerk.

Back pain is a universal language because it is the complaints of many people globally. Back pain is a serious health problem because it is annoying and disabling.

Prolong mid back or upper back pain may refer pain across the ribs, underneath the breast then to the centre of the chest, which at times may be mistaken for lung disease such as pneumonia or heart pain.

Debilitating back pain can restrict your activity, reduce your work capacity and diminish your quality of enjoyment of everyday living.

The effects of chronic back pain can be very nauseating. Indeed, to most people, back pain especially waist pain remains a mystery to man. It often starts without warning for no apparent reason interferes with the activities of living, moving about and getting a comfortable night sleep.

Back pain can be very distracting, whether it is acute or chronic, the effects of back pain can also be very devastating not just for the person living with it but also for their families, friends and careers, etc.

Most victims of back pain do not always get adequate treatment for the illness. They continue to suffer month after month, year after year because of its elusiveness to medical science. These victims of back pain struggle along on their own because they are uninformed of the appropriate health facility to attend and get the pain in the back eliminated or drastically reduced.

The victim of back pain have paid the price of their ignorance in years of pain and uncountable medical appointment, which are unnecessary, grossly ineffective and a waste of valuable time.