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Emotions can have a profound effect on our physical health, especially when it comes to physical pain.
If you have stubborn pain in a muscle, joint, nerve or your soft tissues - it’s highly likely to be mechanical pain. Mechanical pain is caused by factors relating to movement. It is the body's way of alerting us when healthy movement patterns are lost within body parts for an extended period of time.
The majority of shoulder pains are caused by mechanical lifestyle factors like sedentary work, chronic postural strain, muscle atrophy, stress and old injuries. Occasionally shoulder pain can have more serious causes; but thankfully these are rare and easy to rule out with straight forward tests like blood tests and x rays.
Low-level Laser Therapy As A Treatment for Chronic Pain, Migraines and Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (Jaw Pain) The International Association for the Study of Pain defines chronic pain as ‘An unpleasant…
Introduction To Frozen Shoulder Treatment Frozen shoulder is a horrendously disabling, painful and frustrating complaint. Most people who experience frozen shoulder have been extremely healthy and active their whole lives…
Freedom From Frozen Shoulder Frozen shoulder could easily be the most difficult complaint we treat in our clinic. Perhaps along with the worst cases of back pain that have been…
Cupping Therapy For Low Back Pain: What To Expect? Cupping therapy involves placing cups on the skin to create suction. This suction increases blood circulation to the area where the…
How Fascia Causes Back Pain We tend to attribute it to sore muscles or stiff joints when we experience low back pain, neck pain, or shoulder pain. However, many chronic…
3 Big Tips To Reduce Your Shoulder & Neck Pain Number 1) Quit PlankingThere is no question that one can learn to plank and crunch in a way that is…
3 Reasons Pain Is So Hard To Treat Even the most casual glance at research into the amount of pain we suffer confirms the truth. We struggle as much now…
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