★★★★★
Not sure why I copied this remedy on 12/24/14, it somehow caught my eye in it's sincerity. So I have been sufferering from horrendous neck pain for the past two years. I have bought too many pillows to count. Wake up in the middle of the night and cannot go back to sleep. Morning after morning with horrific migraines, and pressure in my head so strong that I felt like my eyes would pop out of my head.
Just had a blood test around Thanksgiving, my blood sugar showed 146 in a 'normal range' of 50-99. I remembered this saved post about juicing for diabetes....I searched it and started doing it around the beginning of this month, on or about Dec 1. It's the juice blend that includes one cucumber, some celery, parsley, lemon and ginger, all organic, all juiced and the first thing into your stomach in the morning.
I have not yet returned for a follow up blood test...BUT, after 3 days of this juice blend, I no longer have neck pain. I no longer wake up with migraines. I no longer have my eyes popping out of my head. I no longer wake up in the middle of the night without being able to fall back asleep. I feel like I'm walking on clouds.
In all fairness, I want to say that after the first glass of this juice blend, I had no craving to drink coffee. Not sure how the fact that I stopped all caffeine intake would affect me, but the end result was positive.
GOOD LUCK.
The Importance of Stretching for Pain
★★★★★
I tried my wobble cushion/wiggle seat and within minutes got a couple of great pops/cracks in my neck - better than when I go to the chiropractor! I learned when I went to a scoliosis clinic for 2 weeks last year how much of my pain and/or stiffness is caused by tight muscles. Since going to that clinic I have done stretches on a regular basis and what a difference it makes.
I highly recommend a wobble cushion. You can get one on Amazon for $20. Don't get the ones that look like a disk. Get one that has a profile of an ellipse.
The chiropractic clinic had me using it twice a day for 10 minutes each time. I am sure there are YouTube videos that will show you how to use one properly.
Also on Amazon you can get a neck traction thing like they have a chiropractors. I still use the one I got from the chiropractic clinic.
My sister-in-law is a runner. She knows a lot about stretching. One time she was visiting and I mentioned my hip pain. She said it was from a tight muscle in my leg. She showed me a stretch to use with a foam roller. I was skeptical, but it worked! The tight/contracting muscle on the outside of my upper leg was stressing my hip. When I have hip pain that stretch works every time.
I am 57. I thought that a lot of my pain was from degeneration. It turns out that often my pain is from tight muscles, a much easier problem to fix!
~Mama to Many~
Myofascial Stretches for neck pain
★★★★★
EC: Yea! Thank you for reporting that Erica's videos helped. We find the myofascial release work incredible effective.
Chiropractor
★★★★★
Towel Roll Neck Pillow
★★★★★
Wintergreen Oil
★★★★★
In the absence of a history of injury, or absence of evidence of a beginning boil or carbuncle, consider the neck pain due to inflammation of muscles (“muscular rheumatism" ). Muscle spasm with resulting
tilting of the head and stiffness of the neck is common.
Treatment:
1. Apply dry heat to the neck for forty minutes, twice daily.
2. Rub on oil of wintergreen twice daily.**
3. Protect the neck against exposure to cold or wet.
4. Aspirin grain 10 (0.6 gram), four times a day if needed.
Note by Rob: **(2.) Oil of Wintergreen into muscles dilute 1:1 with carrier oil.
From the Book - United States Maritime Service Hospital Corps School Manual 1945 By United States War Shipping Administration page 228.
Towel Roll Neck Pillow
★★★★★
04/04/2021 UPDATE:
As a sequel to my earlier post (above), I now wish to promote the Mark!! (improved) version!!
Instead of the rolled towel alone, I now incorporate the same rolled towel into the pillow case I.e. it goes inside the pillow case (with the pillow also inside the pillow case) down one side of the pillow. That way the towel supports the neck and the pillow supports the head.
I have always preferred a less bulky pillow than most other people I know.
Cheers from Down Under
Michael
Not only is swimming helping your back and neck, the exercise is good for every system in your body, including thyroid.
Vitamin C neutralizes chlorine. You could be sure to use vitamin C each day internally.
You could also apply a thin barrier oil (like almond oil) to your skin before swimming to potentially reduce the amount your body absorbs. But frankly, I am not sure I would bother.
Rinsing off after swimming would probably not be a bad idea.
Enjoy your swimming!
~Mama to Many~
MSM, B1
★★★★★
Source:
https://ted.earthclinic.com/cures/degenerative-disc-disease3.html
Sleep Without a Pillow
★★★★★
After a neck injury i got overdoing it at the gym i was unable to look left or right without terrible discomfort. i tried sleeping a few nights without a pillow and although it was a little uncomfortable to fall asleep i was mostly healed by the following morning. two additional nights of this and i was 100%. its worth a try if you have back pain too.
Towel Roll Neck Pillow
Ted's Cat Purr Recording
★★★★★
Magnesium Oil
★★★★★
Swimming
Swimming
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
Swimming
