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Totally Unhealthy Eating Behaviors To Avoid!
10
Totally Unhealthy Eating Behaviors To Avoid!
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on Long Flights Essential
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How to fix neck &
shoulder pain
Whether you work outside climbing telephone poles or sit in front of a
computer all day, neck and shoulder pain seems to be common in every
profession. Different methods are used to help ease the pain and
recover--rest, ice, heat, popping the neck vertebra, or popping some
over-the-counter pain relievers. What should you do to help with neck
pain?
Exercising those muscles with strength training, stretching, and cardio
will do the trick, say researchers.
New study addresses neck pain
For years, doctors have recommended to patients with chronic neck pain to
begin actively moving the muscles to "loosen" them. Researchers
set out in 2003 to see if this advise was the best course of action.
Female workers with non-specific neck pain were divided into three groups
of 60 to test three methods of treatment, and they followed for a year.
One group did nothing and took the "time will heal" approach,
one group performed light exercise and increased activity--lifting the
head from tilted to up, and the other training group performed
high-intensity isometric strengthening exercises.
The two training groups lifted weights with dumbbells to strengthen the
upper body. They also added stretching and aerobic training three times a
week.
Results
The "rest it" group did improve some during the 12 month study.
The two groups that used exercise improved significantly. Getting the
muscles active with light exercise helped, but the high-intensity training
group that strengthened, stretched, and performed cardio improved
substantially more than the others.
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Lessons learned
Perhaps there's a lesson in this research for other painful muscle groups.
Activity is a great place to start, and a necessary first step. However,
the research is clear, high-intensity training offers the greatest
results!
Phil Campbell, M.S., M.A.,
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