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We're temporarily having technical difficulties with this blog's front page. If you do not immediately see blog posts here, then go to the blog post archive and select a date. Hot topics on this blog include:
Pain Relief issues like wrist pain and carpal tunnel symptoms, stretches for back pain, exercises for neck pain
How hip-hop stars are giving troubled kids a brighter future
One swimming woman's journey across the Atlantic
The latest stem cell studies and future research needs
Eating healthier and consuming less
Natural pain relief methods and alternative medicine
Recovery from injuries: for athletes, work-related injuries, hobbyists
Therapeutic effects of play for children
Healthy weight loss: goal-setting, changing your mind about weight loss
Starting a new exercise program and selecting the best home gym equipment for your fitness goals

Back Pain and Back Muscle Spasms: 3 Ancient Therapies give relief plus cure

Ancient homeopathic medicine therapies provide both relief for back pain and cure for its causes. Today's allopathic medicine remedies mask symptoms, but western medicine is not meant to cure deeper causes.

Read this article and discover three ancient therapies that can actually cure the problem as they relieve it:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Back-Pain-and-Back-Muscle-Spasms---3-Ancient-Therapies-That-Relieve-and-Cure&id=1653874

If you haven't tried these therapies, but you are still getting back pain and muscle spasms, they can provide long-lasting natural relief.

Does your upper-body muscle pain reflect your inner thoughts?

If you get muscle pain or tension in your neck, upper-back or shoulders, then some of your thoughts about yourself could be influencing your body. Your physical stature - your alignment - your posture is influenced by your self-esteem. Read more in this article to determine if there is a connection between your pain and your mind:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Upper-Body-Pain-and-Muscle-Tension---What-Are-Your-Muscles-Telling-You-About-Your-Thoughts?&id=1653852

If you are struggling to heal, staying in pain, and getting discouraged with injuries and hurting, then examine how your thoughts play a role. Is your mind healthy? Are your thoughts healing, along with your tension?

Consider being good to yourself, and focusing on replacing negative thoughts and self-doubt with confidence. Then you may feel relief from your upper-body muscle pain and tension. You might see and feel improvements in your posture.

Relieve that sore low back with stronger legs!

Is your back often sore, tired, and overworked? Maybe it's your work, your sports, your hobbies...

Maybe your back muscles are doing more work than they should be. Maybe they need a break. Here's a way to retrain those muscles and relieve their workload:
http://www.ezinearticles.com/?Are-Your-Lower-Back-Muscles-Sore-and-Overworked?-Get-Stronger-Legs!&id=1539410

It won't take long to feel immense relief, when you're working your legs harder and your back less.

Remember to change your exercises every 4-6 weeks. Give your muscles new challenges. Avoid injury and repetition.

Progress gradually. But remember that you can use heavier weights for larger muscles like legs. If you have a preexisting back injury, use caution and seek guidelines from your orthopedic doctor (or physical therapist).

Tone your legs, all the way to relief!

Back Pain: Heal your back injury and relieve pain by uncovering old trauma

When clients are in pain, our Higher Spa staff perform an initial intake. We ask them about their injuries, physical history, and lifestyle habits like exercise. Clients who have recently sustained an injury will often attribute their pain to that one injury, or single event.

However, pain in back muscles may arise from past trauma. And this does not necessarily mean past events. Find out more about your body's past injuries, micro-trauma, and muscle history. Learn how habits can make your back muscles vulnerable to damage:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Your-Back-Muscle-Pain-Symptoms-Werent-Caused-by-One-Injury---Uncover-Your-Old-Muscle-Trauma&id=1533355

As you start to get a picture of how your back muscles got to their painful state, then you can look at how to treat that pain. If you focus on the one event or accident, you will impede your own abilities to heal.

the 3 Essentials of Back Pain Relief: Use Core-Strength, Cardio, and Recovery to get rid of back pain

If you suffer from back pain, there are 3 key therapeutic principles you need to know. If you learn and practice these, then you can achieve long-lasting relief. If you avoid them, you might suffer pain forever-more.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Extreme-Back-Pain-Relief---Banish-That-Pain-Forever-With-Core-Muscle-Strength,-Cardio-and-Recovery&id=1508652

Again, these 3 Principles of Core, Cardio & Recovery hold enormous healing power. But you must apply them diligently. Start slowly, but persist, until eventually these habits are part of your healthy lifestyle!

One day, your daily routine will feel incomplete if you haven't practiced these 3 habits. And that's when you know you're in the final stages of healing!

Strengthening Back Muscles with simple anytime-anywhere Exercises

Prevent back muscle pain and relieve tension with simple exercises. Did you know that there are strengthening exercises that you can perform anywhere, anytime?

It's true! And here is the article to tell you how to do these 3 simple exercises to get a stronger, pain-free back:
http://ezinearticles.com/?3-Ultra-Simple-Exercises-For-Strengthening-Back-Muscles-Anywhere,-Any-Time&id=1454977

Start practicing them today!

Relieve Low-Back Pain with natural Thai massage

Maybe you have gotten massage to relieve your back pain. But there are many styles of massage therapy, and every massage therapist practices a different combination of techniques.

Have you ever received Thai massage for back pain? With origins in Thailand, this healing art may be more effective for relieving pain in the lower back than many other types of massage therapy.

Read this article to learn more about Thai massage, and why it may be one of the most effective natural therapies for relieving your low-back pain:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Thai-Massage-is-One-of-the-Best-Massage-Therapies-For-Relieving-Low-Back-Pain&id=1277669

Feet, Leg and Hip Pain? Summer footwear might be hurting your body

Are your feet flopping? Your legs, hips and feet could be getting worn down from your shoes!
If you regularly wear unsupportive footwear in the summertime (like flip-flop sandals), you could be harming your body. Your legs, hips, and feet could be hurting. You might be puting a strain on your body from your shoes and the way you walk in them.
Sports medicine researchers looked at walking in flip-flops and how that could negatively affect you. They looked at every aspect of walking, including stride, heel strike, and even how your toes grasp your shoes...



For better health, and fewer health problems in your lower body, wear flip-flops less often.

Thai-Yoga Massage to Stretch Your Partner's Back & Hips

Aaahhh, I love Thai massage (giving and receiving), also known as Thai-Yoga. It is assisted stretching, but it is more dynamic than stretching muscles individually.
Like yoga, it stretches muscles in several planes of movement. It also stretches several muscles at a time.

Like LIFE, we use muscles in dynamic, multi-planar movements. We don't use one muscle in isolation, in one direction (plane of motion). Therefore, it is more effective than stretching muscles individually.

Another advantage of assisted stretching is that you can get a deeper, more effective stretch when someone is conscientiously applying the stretch to you, rather than stretching yourself.

Your partner would appreciate 2-person Thai-Yoga Massage for loosening their back and hip muscles! If you are the giver, move slowly, gently, and respectfully throught the movements.
Here are more of the health benefits of Thai-Yoga Massage:
* Emphasis is on loosening joints and stretching muscles
* Opens energy channels, improving circulation and movement
* Works from a holistic medicine model based in ancient Ayurveda
* Relaxing and deeply therapeutic, with long-lasting effects

Relieve pain and tension, prevent disc problems in the spine, and relieve stress!

To schedule a Thai massage session with a certified, experienced Thai massage therapist, contact Nina Schnipper at Higher Spa in Basalt, Colorado. Go to www.HigherSpa.com for contact info.