| Many people spend their lives dealing with pain. | | | | therapy gets the root of the problem - your neck |
| Whether it is from an accident, sports injury, or | | | | muscles. Even if you see a chiropractor and you |
| just plain bad posture, millions of people just mask | | | | feel better after you get an adjustment, your |
| the problem instead of getting to the root. One of | | | | spine is still attached to muscles, which pull the |
| the most common complaints of aches and pains | | | | bones in the wrong direction. Think of your neck |
| is in the neck. There are many things that can | | | | muscles as being like a rubber band. You can |
| contribute to neck pain. If you sit in front of a | | | | stretch it and stretch it, but it will always snap |
| computer all day or stand for long hours at work, | | | | back to its original shape. Massage therapy |
| just having poor posture can contribute to neck | | | | changes the way your neck muscles behave by |
| pain. If you wake up with neck pain and/or | | | | stretching and smoothing them out. This helps the |
| headaches after an apparent good nights sleep, it | | | | muscles relax and return to the natural position in |
| could be that you were in an awkward position | | | | the body, without all the knots and strains that |
| during the night. On the other hand, maybe you | | | | cause neck pain. Not only do the muscles in your |
| just need a different pillow or mattress. Neck pain | | | | neck relax, it helps your entire body to relax, |
| can also be caused by a pre-existing condition or | | | | alleviating the pain. It helps to go to massage |
| injury and only large doses of medication can | | | | therapy on a regular basis so that the muscles will |
| temporarily relieve the pain. | | | | get used to being relaxed. |
| Instead of trying to mask the pain, massage | | | | |