12/12/2022
Let's face it, having neck pain is a ... pain in the neck. The worse is when it escalates into a headache or starts to affect your sleep and work.
Here are 6️ tips on how you can help yourself with neck pains:
1. 🔥 Heat patches - these are always part of my personal tension "first-aid kit". If the neck pain is persistent, and I have no other way to help myself at the moment, I stick the patch to the affected area until I get home and can do something more about it.
2. 🐯 Tiger balm/other creams for the muscles - they usually have universal use, as they contain both cooling and heating ingredients, so it might be a good place to start if you're not sure what agent gives you more relief.
3. ♦️ Gua sha - did you know you can perform an effective pain relief treatment for yourself with this tool? Let me know in the comments if you want me to record some on how to prepare and rub your neck to get the desired results.
4. 🛏️Proper pillow and mattress - a lot of the time as I talk to my patients, it turns out that we can reduce the pain and uphold the effects of the treatments by correcting the improperly placed pillow under their heads or the mattress that is either too soft, too hard, or too worn out.
5. 💤 Sleeping position - you checked your mattress, and pillow but still suffer the pain during the night or when you wake up? You spend in it an average of 5-8 hours, how you position your body during the night is crucial to how your body feels!
6. 💆🏻♀️ Manual Therapy, Massage, or both combined. ✉️ PM me to check how I can help you with your pain.
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