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192 Brisbane Road, Arundel Gold Coast QLD 4214 Australia
Phone: (07) 5537 7886
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Pain Relief Massage Clinic Gold Coast
192 Brisbane Road, Arundel Gold Coast QLD 4214 Australia
Phone: (07) 5537 7886
Whether you are recovering from an injury, having trouble sleeping, suffering from fibromyalgia or you simply spend a lot of time in your bed, there are some aspects that you need to consider, especially if you are experiencing pain in certain areas such as the lumbar region or your neck and shoulders.
There are millions of people experiencing pain due to various factors; sometimes spending too much time in bed may eventually worsen it, especially if you have sensitive areas. The act of sleeping itself is another issue and most people are actually using incorrect positions for their body, making their condition even worse. So whether you are simply lying in bed, sleeping or spending time on your laptop, these are the things you need to consider in order to minimize your injury risk and stay pain free.
Sleeping properly – the first thing a person needs to learn is to have a correct sleeping position. This is important even if you don’t experience pain while in bed yet; incorrect sleeping positions mean poor sleep, poor posture, muscle strain, tendon pain, etc. The most important aspect is to support your back properly while sleeping.
If you are sleeping on one side, you can easily support your back by using a body pillow, or two large pillows which will be placed as follows: one between your knees and the other hugged in front of you. Make sure that the third pillow, the one that holds your head will allow your neck to rest in a comfortable position that aligns it properly with your spine. If you prefer to sleep on your back, putting a pillow under your knees will allow you to keep the strain from the lower back and help it relaxed.
Sleeping on your stomach is not really recommended for your neck and lower back and should be avoided as much as possible; however, there are ways to make sure it’s a safer way to sleep by putting a slim or no pillow under your head and possibly by having another pillow in front of you to rest your shoulder on and one under your pelvis to keep off the strain from the lower back.
If you sleep in a correct position it will help you wake up pain free in the morning by allowing your aching muscles to relax. And since we’re talking about sleep, having a good mattress is also something you need to take into consideration. There are no good mattresses or bad ones so it really depends on how you feel when you use it, some people prefer firm mattresses while others prefer soft ones.
It’s always a good idea to have a heat pack next to you if you experience pain during the night; heat will help you reduce pain and it’s a good way to alleviate whatever pains you have before going to sleep. Another thing that helps is to have a hot shower before going to bed.
If you are bound to your bed due to an injury or illness, it can put a lot of stress on your back and joints, causes loss of muscle mass, muscle pain, and people are even more prone to developing blood clots. A few good ways to stay pain free is to change your position frequently as much as possible and make sure that the pillows you are using are helping your body sleep more comfortably.
People who are completely immobilized due to injury should have someone come and massage their unaffected areas to help with the circulation as well as the stiffness and pain that often occur when being in the same position for hours. As noted earlier, warm compresses, as well as ice compresses will also help with pain. Don’t forget to ask for help when changing positions and use multiple foam pillows to keep your legs elevated or keep your neck in a comfortable position.
If you are not bed ridden but experience pain whenever you go to sleep, getting a full body massage a few hours before going to bed might help you relax and alleviate muscle pain. Another way to alleviate pain is to do some stretching as well as some light exercise just before going to bed as it will also help you sleep better. Some people also find taking a short walk just before going to bed a good way to relax and studies show that walking helps with back pain due to muscle injury more than bed rest does.
This might work just as good or even better than taking pain medication before sleeping, but if you still feel a bit sore, you should take some over the counter anti-inflammatory pills before going to sleep for an uninterrupted rest.
If you would like to get rid of the pain and aches you always suffer when you get up in the morning, visit www.remedialmassage-goldcoast.com.au and book an appointment. Pain relief in the form of remedial massage, sports massage and deep tissue massage on the Gold Coast is just a phone call away.
Pain Relief Massage Clinic Gold Coast
192 Brisbane Road, Arundel Gold Coast QLD 4214 Australia
Phone: (07) 5537 7886
The teres minor muscle is basically a tiny skinny muscle that attached to your shoulder blade. Unless you know human anatomy very well, you don’t even notice this muscle exists there. But this tiny muscles plays a significant role in the shoulder motions and it’s a very important muscle that pain relief massage therapists have to pay attention to.
When you suffer from a constant shoulder ache due to regular physical hard work, you tend to do self-massaging the muscles above your shoulder blade. But often the aching problem simply comes from this tiny skinny muscle that’s hiding on your shoulder blade.
How do you know this muscle is the culprit? Learn human anatomy, palpate the muscle and poke it! Then see how you feel. If it’s too hard to do it yourself, you can always visit Pain Relief Massage Clinic on the Gold Coast and see the professional.
The teres minor is one of the rotator cuff muscles. It has a narrow elongated shape and is a key in the way we move our arms and upper body. The teres minor muscle attaches medially to the upper dorsal surface of the scapula near its axillary border and to the aponeuroses that separate this muscle from the infraspinatus muscle and teres major muscle. It attaches laterally to the low impression on the greater tubercle of the humerus bone.
The fibers of the teres minor have an oblique and upward laterally direction with the upper fibers ending in a tendon which is inserted in one of the lowest of the impressions on the greater tubercle of the humerus. The lower fibers of the muscle are inserted into the humerus, just below the above mentioned impressions.
The tendon of the teres minor is united with the posterior part of the capsule of the shoulder joint. When it comes to innervation, the teres minor muscle is innervated by a posterior branch of the axillary nerve at the point where a pseudoganglion is present. The pseudoganglion has no nerve cells, however it has nerve fibers with damage to these fibers being quite painful and complex to treat. Sometimes, the teres minor muscle’s fibers can be fused with the infraspinatus although it is very rare.
The teres minor, along with the infraspinatus, is part of the rotator cuff as they are both attached to the head of the humerus. One of their main roles is to keep the humeral head in the glenoid cavity of the scapula. Other roles include the lateral rotation of the humerus (with the help of the posterior deltoid) as well as other complex movements like transverse abduction, transverse extension and simple extension.
The teres minor muscle can sustain injuries in numerous ways, from atrophy to injury derived from exercising. Problems of this muscle are often times compared to bursitis in the shoulder. As the teres minor forms the rotator cuff along with the infraspinatus, supraspinatus and subscapularis, people who have experienced problems with the above mentioned muscle groups can also have problems with the teres minor.
The most common group of people who experience teres minor muscle problems (although not exclusively) are players of hand based sports (basketball, handball, volleyball, baseball etc.), swimmers and rock climbers.
Pain from the teres minor muscle is often times felt quite intensely in the shoulder, similarly to bursitis. It can also cause tingling in some fingers. When trigger points develop in this muscle, they can cause pain right at the spot where they have appeared or radiate said pain to other parts of the body. A teres minor muscle with trigger points will mostly show signs of pain on the side of the shoulder. Pain can also be felt on the backside part of the arm when the teres minor is injured or under stress.
When it comes to the causes of pain and over-solicitation of the teres minor, most specialists will agree that they are mostly the same as the ones that cause pain in the infraspinatus muscle. In fact, the teres minor is rarely injured or afflicted alone, more often being hurt along with other muscles of the shoulder which have a similar function.
One of the most often met ways of injuring the teres minor muscle is by throwing objects, particularly in the case of athletes. This is mostly due to the repetitive motion of extending and rotating the arm outward. Tears can also occur due to falling on the outstretched hand or while making repetitive sudden thrusts. These tears often take a long time to become chronic and mostly occur near the tendon due to it rubbing against the bone.
When pain or trigger points are present in the teres minor, certain movements can be affected. These movements are often times the same movements affected when infraspinatus pain or injury occurs. The most often met types of movements that are affected by this muscle’s injury are the ones where you rotate your shoulder outwards or where you reach backwards.
Atrophy is also a problem that can affect the teres minor muscle. It is often derived from more serious injury to the rotator cuff but it can also affect the muscle on its own.
People who experience problems with the teres minor muscle will most often complain of shoulder pain, particularly posterior shoulder pain and will rarely associate this problem with restricted motion.
Differentiating between an infraspinatus injury and a teres minor injury can sometimes be quite difficult, particularly as the latter is smaller and weaker. As both muscles basically have the same function, identifying any injury can be hard but not impossible.
One easy albeit painful way of identifying a teres minor injury is by doing a handstand. As balancing requires all parts of the shoulder the teres minor will also be involved. If balancing from side to side appears to be particularly painful or hard, then it is possible that the teres minor muscle may have some sort of injury or related problems.
Pain relief massage therapists and some but not all so-called remedial massage therapists, sports massage therapists and deep tissue massage therapists on the Gold Coast have good anatomy knowledge to find out what’s wrong and relieve your ache and pain.
If you are interested in knowing what’s happening with your teres minor muscles and seeing a pain relief massage therapists or Gold Coast remedial massage therapist, click and visit www.remedialmassage-goldcoast.com.au and see what’s in it for you.
Pain Relief Massage Clinic
192 Brisbane Road, Arundel Gold Coast QLD 4214 Australia
Phone: (07) 5537 7886
The gastrocnemius muscle is one of the biggest muscles in the human body, not to mention the fact that it is one of the most used muscles since it’s engaged in all leg movement. The muscle is located in the back of the lower leg with ramifications just above the knee and to the heel and along with the soleus muscle it completes the calf muscle.
This particular muscle is primarily involved in fast walking, running and other types of fast movements such as jumping but can be slightly engaged in other activities that imply moving the lower part of the body.
The muscle is one of the most common injured muscles and the pain that is felt in this area may be different every time depending on the causes. The following part describes the numerous types of pain that occur during calf injuries.
Calf cramps are very common and they feel like a sharp and very intense pain in the calf that starts after heavy physical activity or often in the middle of your sleep with unknown reason. They mostly occur in athletes and older people but they are common among young people who start exercising without proper conditioning or when using bad posture when exercising. These cramps can come and go and can even start at night after an exhausting day.
People can easily relieve pain with massage and stretching or even applying heat on their tight muscles to relax them. When you want to see a massage therapist for gastrocnemius muscle issue, you need to choose a remedial massage therapist, sports massage therapist or deep tissue massage therapist. Just make sure you will not pick an underqualified massage person who just keeps rubbing your skin and wastes your time.
A proper therapeutic massage therapist will target medial head of gastrocnemius muscle because that’s where a calf cramp usually happens.
When it comes to the gastrocnemius muscle, another pain that can be common is due to inflamed/torn tendons and/or muscles. This can be quite intense and often people relieve it by taking a few anti-inflammatory pills along with applying ice on the affected area. People should also rest for a couple of days and stop any physical activity they might be doing. Gradually, once the pain is relieved, you can easily stretch the leg and start including light exercise in your daily routine.
Those who suddenly feel pain after an intense activity might also have an inflamed or a torn tendon or muscle. In this case supportive shoes, massage and pain medication is needed, especially if the patient feels a sharp pain that doesn’t lessen within hours. The muscle will take more time to heal and your doctor might prescribe other types of therapy for long term care.
Immediate treatment for an injury in the gastrocnemius muscle includes rest, using ice and elevating the leg. Also, it can help if the person’s affected area is wrapped in a manner that compresses the muscle; this will help heal but also relieve some of the pain. Usually the person will have to rest for a couple of days or until complete recovery before going back to their usual activities, otherwise they risk having another accident that can be even worse.
Stretching exercises are also known to be a great method to relieve pain after an accident so a moderate amount of stretching with low effort should be part of the post-accident routine. The gastrocnemius muscle can be easily stretched by pulling the foot with the toes up several times.
An excellent way to get rid of pain and make sure that you avoid any accidents is to visit a clinical or therapeutic massage therapist regularly. This will also relax the muscles after a hard day of training so if your day to day routine includes hard physical activity or manual labour, that might be exactly what you need to keep away from accidents and pain.
Some people might have a dull pain for years before doing something about it and remedial massage is an excellent opportunity to get rid of it without having to take medication or by using other invasive methods. If the pain is caused directly by the muscle and not by a blood clot or other severe reasons, then you are ok to see a remedial massage therapist.
You will surely feel the difference one session after the other, especially if you have been experiencing a lot of pain lately. And, if you simply want to make sure that you avoid the risk of accidents, remedial massage can also be an excellent opportunity to improve your posture, to obtain a shorter recovery time and obtain overall better results.
If you suffer from calf cramp or other gastrocnemius muscle issues on the Gold Coast, click and visit www.remedialmassage-goldcoast.com.au and find out what you should do first. A treatment suitable for your leg problem is available in the form of remedial massage, sports massage and deep tissue massage on the Gold Coast.
Pain Relief Massage Clinic
192 Brisbane Road, Arundel Gold Coast QLD 4214 Australia
Phone: (07) 5537 7886