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Headaches: Chronic Pain In The Office
Do you spend long periods of time sitting? Perhaps sitting at a desk? Perhaps sitting at a desk working on a computer?
If so, you probably suffer from recurring head and neck pain. The reason is simple. Your body is rebelling against the day-to-day strains of sitting for long periods of time motionless, save for ten fingers clicking away at keyboards.
It always amazes me to know that sitting motionless can be far worse for a body than the most strenuous activity.
The reason?
Our bodies were made for motion. Knees bend, backs flex, arms reach and heads turn. But when you sit immobile for hours at a time, perhaps with your head craned slightly forward and your shoulders clenched toward your ears, the strain creates muscle knots in your neck and small spasms in the surrounding muscles.
But that s not all. Overtime, those knots may make you clench to one side to relieve the tension, which jams one vertebra into another. And a chain reaction ensues. The knots, the tension and jammed vertebrae twist, stretch and irritate the protective sheath (called the dura mater) that surrounds the spinal chord and brain stem. This dura mater, which is made up of strong, protective fibers and hundreds of nerve endings, sends out pain signals to warn you that whatever you are doing is not good for your all-important spine and brain stem. What YOU feel is intense, ongoing PAIN in your neck and head.
If you are suffering from this kind of pain, you probably already know what your regular doctor will prescribe--muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories, pain killers and rest. You also know that these fixes do not last.
But do you know why?
The reason is that the doctor is treating the symptoms but not the source of the pain. The muscle relaxers will stop your neck muscles from spasming and the anti-inflammatory will reduce the swelling that cramps those nerve endings and causes the intense throbbing in your head. The pain killers will dull the pain in your muscles, and so on. But the awkward bend of your neck and the clenched shoulders will still be there. And so will the knots and jammed vertebrae.
How do you treat the source of the problem?
Getting to the source of your pain is the one of the goals of Structural Integration. During sessions, I will slowly, methodically unwrap the layers that are causing the pain. Using a 10-session approach, I will work to relieve the immediate pain, then will move deeper into the layers of muscle and fascia (the network of soft tissue that connects AND protects muscles, tendons and ligaments and binds them to bone) and finally to the dura mater where we can re-adjust the neck itself and to take pressure off compressed vertebrae. Finally, I will move down the body to help the WHOLE body readjust to the new, natural position of head and neck. The work will be complete when you are pain free, and you and your body are fully aligned head to toe.
By: Joe Ackerman
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