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Staying Warm in a Cold Stadium Means Getting Some Exercise

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If you’re going to be watching your favorite teams play this fall, keep warm by generating a little of your own heat.

First, plan for the game by wearing some water wicking undergarments. If you sweat and there is a breeze or the temperature drops during the game, you will want the water wicked away from your skin to help keep you warm.

Second, protect your extremities. Your body naturally will shunt the nice warm blood to your core, but your hands and feel may feel cold, so wear mittens not gloves or stick some warming packets into your pockets. Put a good pair of water-proof hiking boots on along with two layers of socks. Water-wicking thin socks next to your feet, and warmer thick socks on top.

Third, put on something more substantial than a baseball cap. A good balaclava will keep your head and neck warm.

Fourth, move around during the game. Flex your muscles. Do some isometric exercises. Squeeze your buns. Press your hands together. Lift yourself off of the bleacher seats. Every time you exercise, your muscles generate heat to keep you warm throughout the game.

If you’re stiff and sore after sitting through a long game, a good neuromuscular massage may be just what you need to work the kinks out.

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Neuromuscular Massage Provides Restorative Care for Cancer Patients

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Neuromuscular Massage Therapy manipulates the muscles, tendons and connective tissue to help balance the central nervous system. By increasing blood flow, massage can help clear any cellular waste that is causing the receptors in the tissue to become more sensitive and therefore more painful. Massage releases endorphins, the body’s own pain killers, while enhancing the ability of joints to move freely.
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Heavy Carry-on Baggage Can Cause Neck and Back Pain

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While a heavy carry-on is easy to wheel, it can cause neck or back pain when you have to lift it into the overhead bin, or have to lower it down after sitting in a cramped airplane seat.
It’s better to pack the heavier items in your checked baggage and give your back a break with a lighter carry-on.
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If You Run or Bike and Have Knee Pain …

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If you have pain on the outside of your knee and you run or bike, you could have iliotibial band syndrome or IT Band Syndrom for short. It is caused by overuse and is common in athletes who run or bike long distances. Most of the time, it manifests as pain at the outside of the knee, but the problem could be anywhere along the IT Band which runs from the hip to the knee. Neuromuscular massage can get to the root of the problem, thereby relieving the pain.
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The American Cancer Society Recognizes the Power of Touch in Treatment

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Massage is recommended by the American Cancer Society to improve the quality of life for cancer patients.

Specifically, massage can reduce stress and provide relaxation while bolstering the immune system and help remove toxins from the body.

Massage increases circulation which restores energy, reduces pain and minimizes the effects of radiation and chemotherapy treatments.

Trigger Point Therapy is designed specifically to provide pain relief and muscle release in areas of chronic muscle tension which increases range of motion and decreases pain.
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If You Have Back Pain, Be Careful Lifting Items From Your Trunk

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Most people who experience back pain when lifting even moderately heavy items from the trunk of the car generally are standing too far away from the heavy item when they lift.

Try not to lean far over the trunk to lift an item out. Move the item toward you so you can let your legs help with the lifting.
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Massage Relieves Upper Back Pain

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While lower back pain is the number one complaint to massage and physical therapists, upper back pain can be equally aggrevating. Many describe the feeling they have in their upper backs like having a brick between their shoulder blades.

This is because the muscles surrounding the spine in that area have become so tight that even crossing the arms over the chest can be painful.

Massage will target the small muscles surrounding the spine first, and then address the larger muscles out toward the shoulder blades to get rid of the brick, relieve pain and restore range of motion.
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Massage can Help Patients Being Treated for Cancer

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One benefit of massage is that it brings a feeling of well-being and relaxation which can help with the stress, anxiety or even depression associated with dealing with cancer treatment. Massage increases the body’s production of endorphins which elevate mood and flushes the waste product, lactic acid, out of muscles.

Massage also relieves pain and stiffness, increases mobility and reduces pain.
The National Cancer Institute found that more than half of their cancer centers offer massage as an adjunct to traditional treatment especially for those patients who suffer from fatigue.
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Your Easy Chair May Be Causing Your Back Pain

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While it may feel good to sink into a soft easy chair or sofa, it’s actually hard on the muscles in your back.

When you sit in a hard chair, your back muscles are supported, so they relax. In a soft chair, they must stay contracted to maintain your posture.

If you’re going to stretch out in a chair to watch TV or read a book, make sure you have good lumbar support.

Standing for 1-2 minutes for every 20 minutes in the chair will also help give your back muscles a break.
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Stretching Can Help You Sleep

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A simple twisting stretch of your back can release tension in the spine, hips and back which can interfere with a good night’s sleep.

Lie on your back. Bring your right knee up to your chest. Gently move your knee across your body to your left side.

While in this position, relax with your arms out to your sides and take 10 long, deep breaths.

Repeat on your left side. If you’ve had a particularly stressful day, do each side twice.
Most people who get neuromuscular massage regularly report deeper, more restful sleep.
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