Mon 3 Mar 2008
For more than two weeks now I have had extreme muscle tension between my shoulders at the base of the neck. At first it seemed that a few Ibuprofen and a good nights sleep would relax that area. Unfortunately it seemed to get worse over the next few nights. I’m sure that was compounded by the fact that for many years now I have had to take special care in how I sleep in order to prevent neck tensio and headaches all day. I know the initial cause of this bout of muscle tension. There were several extremely stressful weeks at work and stresses at home. It finally caught up to my body.
Good news, I know I can self treat the tension (now that the personal stressors are gone). Bad news, I have tried many things over the past few weeks and so far only temporary relief. I found an article on eHow.com which should help me stretch that area of my back. If I add that to deep massage and careful rest of my neck when I sleep I should be as good as new, soon.
At least I hope so. The body is an absolutely fascinating machine. Diet, exercise, stress management are, in my opinion, the source of MOST ailments in our culture. Read on for a short history of how I virtually elimnated headaches that professionals could not.
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