| Preventing knee, back and muscle pain. | | | | are switched off by the pain in the area. |
| | | | Sleeping muscles are a catch twenty two |
| Today almost everyone seems to be walking | | | | because you need them awake to stop the pain. |
| around with some sort of pain, ache or | | | | To reawaken them you must restore posture and |
| general issue with one body part or another. | | | | muscle lengths through stretching. You will |
| I get no better satisfaction than quickly | | | | also need to concentrate on getting them |
| clearing up injuries. If you have been | | | | working. It is also possible to use touch |
| suffering with a pain for a while now I would | | | | sensitivity, touch the muscle you want to |
| urge you to make a stand and vow to get over | | | | use, while exercising to wake them up. |
| it. The majority of pains occur because of a | | | | |
| mixture of four main factors: | | | | Nutrition |
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| Tight muscles | | | | The nutritional state of your body greatly |
| | | | affects the health and degree of any pain in |
| In all injuries you will find one or more the | | | | the joints. Often sleeping muscles around the |
| muscles in the area are tight, this pulls on | | | | spine are caused because of your digestive |
| the joint and subjects it to undue stress. | | | | system has become irritated. This may be from |
| The resultant effect is a nagging pain and | | | | eating poor food choices (non metabolically |
| injury. The effect of tight muscles is often | | | | appropriate). Other joints are affected |
| seen in knee pain, if for example you took a | | | | greatly by the general nutritional state of |
| blow on the knee, say in a fall, you would be | | | | the body. People are always very keen to take |
| temporarily out of action. The result is that | | | | a glucosamine supplement for their joints but |
| the muscle stiffens up (outside thigh | | | | not so enthusiastic to get their metabolic |
| muscle), it is then this stiff muscle that | | | | type and nutrition sorted. A much greater |
| become the cause of the pain. I often meet | | | | factor for joint pain than any supplement. |
| people who blame their injuries on a fall two | | | | |
| years ago. Unless there was actual damage to | | | | Emotional and energy issues |
| the bone structures involved the actual pain | | | | |
| is infact from the muscle tightness that they | | | | The mind is connected to the body, in this |
| failed to address. | | | | day and age we do not readily accept that as |
| | | | fact but joint pain can be a great case in |
| The good news is stretching the tight muscles | | | | point. Since I have introduced emotional |
| can rapidly bring relief in such situations. | | | | freedom technique into my practice I have |
| Back pain is the same, but there are more | | | | seen time and again amazing results just by |
| muscles that could be tight and in need of | | | | addressing the persons energy system. This |
| balancing | | | | works like acupuncture in re balancing the |
| | | | energy points within the body but not with |
| Weak or sleeping muscles. | | | | needle, instead with your fingers and a few |
| | | | other techniques. If an emotional block is |
| A weak muscle usually comes hand in hand with | | | | causing you pain the only way to really treat |
| a tight one. When a muscle is weak it cannot | | | | it is to remove this using EFT |
| hold the joint in place. In knee pain it is | | | | |
| the weakness in the muscle just above the | | | | If you have been suffering pain for months, |
| knee, on the inside thigh that causes the | | | | or even years it is time to stop it in it's |
| pain to continue. Often knee injuries can be | | | | tracks. You are suffering unnecessarily and |
| cleared up by simply strengthening this one | | | | you can dramatically make improvements with |
| thigh muscle. | | | | just some of the simple issue I have raised |
| | | | above. My course teaches you everything you |
| Sleeping muscles are often a problem in | | | | need to know about flexibility, strengthening |
| injuries. When a joint or area is injured the | | | | and reactivating muscles to end pain. The |
| muscle nearest to the area is down regulated | | | | nutritional and emotional perspective are |
| by the body in an attempt to protect the | | | | also covered to guarantee results. I would |
| joint. The idea being if the muscle is not | | | | say it is a must for you to achieve these |
| working correctly the joint will not be moved | | | | things, and the best time to start is now. |
| as much thus protecting it from further | | | | |
| injury. | | | | Ben Wilson BSc (Hons) CSCS NSCA-CPT CMTA Dip |
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| This is seen a lot in the knee and spine | | | | One2one nutrition |
| where the muscles that hold these parts in | | | | |
| place (tear drop thigh muscle and the core) | | | | Rugby fitness training. |