Monthly Archives: August 2008

Of course the most common way to injure your spine is by lifting heavy weights or lifting them incorrectly. Fortunately there area number of natural neck/shoulder pain relief remedies that can help without a reliance on prescription medication. Stretching can be effective at reducing back as it relaxes the muscles which are often tense. On…

Visualize your body as being similar to a three story building. If one of the supporting beams is shifted and pulled downward, over time, even the top floor of the building will start to sag downward, too. If you leg muscles are tight, they can cause a perpetual pull on your upper body. Over time,…

With shoulder pain a forward head can eventually damage neck and upper back structures, as they bend and rub at angles they were not built for. Chronically holding neck muscles in an overstretched position weakens them. The forward head creates shortened, contracted muscles in front, and a stretched, weakened back. Cervical (neck) discs are pressured…

The muscles you use to hold your head and neck upright instead of forward are your upper back and posterior shoulder muscles. It is a free upper back and posterior deltoid and shoulder workout just standing relaxed but straight, and exercising that way too, to avoid shoulder pain. When you watch movies of Mohammed Ali…