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How to Treat Muscle Cramps
Cramps can be extremely painful and can occur in any muscle of your body. The cramping muscles contract and prevent you from using them until the pain subsides. Your cramps might come from muscle...
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How to Stop Muscle Pain Quickly
Muscle pain can occur from overexertion, exercising too hard or even from lifting a heavy object the wrong way. No matter where it comes from, the most important thing to know is how to stop it fast....
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How to Relieve a Leg Ache
Many people have occasional leg aches which are often caused by strain or over use. However chronic leg aches can also be a symptom of a more serious problem which will require medical attention. For...
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How to Make a Heat Pack
Heat packs are used to ease pain caused by muscle strains, pulls or general muscle aches. This heat pack is inexpensive, is quick to make and lasts up to 5 years. These heat packs are great projects...
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How to Treat a Strained Foot Arch
The pain and burning feeling associated a strained foot arch can make walking or standing very uncomfortable. According to Foot.com, the medical term for a strained foot arch is plantar fasciitis, and...
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How to Do Ankle Pump Exercises
If you have an ankle sprain or other ankle problem, you can do some exercises to rehabilitate your ankle. One of these is the ankle pump exercise. If you have had ankle surgery, you can do this...
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How to Give a Neck and Shoulder Massage
Massage therapy is a growing profession in which neck and shoulder massages are common. It's easy to learn how to give a neck and shoulder massage. Follow these steps to see if you enjoy it enough to...
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How to Relieve Jaw and Neck Tension
Your neck is bound to be tense -- after all, it spends all day holding up your head. Jaws, too, are frequently locations of tension and muscle pain. Most often, people aren't aware that they're...
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How to Massage the Upper Back Muscles
There's nothing better than a massage to relieve stress after an exhausting day. Since most people carry their stress in the upper back, learning how to massage these muscles is a must for anyone...
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How to Treat a Strained Muscle
When you stretch a muscle too far, it can become strained. The area swells and feels painful even when you're not using it. By following a few basic first-aid measures you can treat a strained muscle...
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How to Find Pressure Points for Arm and Hand Massage
Using hand and arm massage to release stress and tension is a wonderful technique that you can use on others or yourself. By correctly using pressure points and stretching the muscles, you can create...
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How to Compare Hip Muscle Pain to Joint Pain
When you are experiencing pain around the hip area, it's often difficult to tell where it is coming from. It could be muscle pain or pain in the hip joint or pelvis area. Pay attention to the symptoms...
View ArticleHow to Do Stretches for Calf Muscle Pain
There are numerous home remedies to relieve calf muscle pain. Perhaps the easiest to do are stretches. The following steps will help reduce and eventually eliminate the soreness and discomfort...
View ArticleHow to Use Heat Therapy on Strained Muscles
Muscles are made of many fibers that may stretch. A strain occurs when the fibers are overstretched or torn. Muscle strains usually happen during exercise or strenuous activity without a good warm-up...
View ArticleHow to Use Heat Patches on Sore Muscles
Heat therapy, along with its counterpart ice therapy, has been one of the most effective methods for treating sore muscles. Heat increases blood flow, reduces pain and is relaxing. Heat patches are one...
View ArticleHow to Use Heat Therapy on Pulled Muscles
Heat therapy works by raising the temperature of the skin and soft tissues. This will increase blood flow, which allows oxygen to access the pulled muscles. Heat therapy may also stimulate nerve...
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How to Do Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy, cryoablation and cryosurgery all describe various methods of treating diseased, abnormal or damaged tissue with cold temperature to reduce inflammation and pain, lower cellular metabolism...
View ArticleHow to Diagnose Tetany
Tetany is involuntary muscle contractions caused by an underlying medical condition--typically a mineral deficiency or imbalance--that directly and negatively impacts the nervous system. Here are the...
View ArticleHow to Choose Plantar Fasciitis Shoes
Plantar fasciitis is a painful but common ailment that affects many. Occasionally called heel spurs or heel spur syndrome, plantar fasciitis causes severe pain in the heel. Since plantar fasciitis is...
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How to Deal With Nighttime Leg Cramps
Nighttime leg cramps, also called charley horses, are sudden, painful and involuntary contractions of your leg muscles that occur in the night, often as you sleep. This night cramping typically affects...
View ArticleHow to Properly Rest and Recover Strained Abdominal Muscles
An abdominal muscle strain occurs when the muscles are stretched or torn. Abdominal muscles may be strained during a forceful activity such as lifting or an everyday occurrence like a hard cough or...
View ArticleHow to Live With Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis is a common cause of foot and heel pain. In plantar fasciitis, the plantar fascia, or the thick, fibrous band that runs from your heel, across the arch to your toes, becomes extremely...
View ArticleHow to Treat a Pulled Neck Muscle
While a pulled muscle anywhere in the body is frustrating and painful, the neck may be the worst place to suffer an injury, as we use our necks every minute of every day. While neck strains and pulled...
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How to Use A Heating Pad
A heating pad helps to relieve pain in different parts of the body. The heating pad can be used as a dry therapy or a wet therapy. This article will only cover the dry therapy method. Dry therapy can...
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How to Diagnose Slipping Rib Syndrome
Slipping Rib Syndrome is a painful condition, mimicking a heart attack. Learn about the steps in diagnosing this condition and warnings to look for that can differentiate between a heart attack and...
View ArticleHow to Treat Inflammation of Muscle Attachments to the Spine
Poor posture and over-use of muscles can result in inflammation of muscle attachments to the spine. There are many ways to treat this, from natural, at-home methods to seeing a sports injury...
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How to Identify a Ruptured Stomach Muscle
Ruptured stomach muscles occur when the abdominal muscles are overly strained and even torn or broken. This tends to happen mostly to athletes, such as weightlifters, gymnasts, pole vaulters and...
View ArticleHow to Do Sports Massage for Groin Strain
Groin strains and pulls are common in many different types of sports activities. Generally, it is a good idea to begin administering treatment as soon as possible. Sports massage is a wonderful way to...
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How to Identify Muscle Ruptures in the Back
Muscle ruptures in the back are usually the result of trying to lift something that is too heavy. A rupture occurs when a muscle actually tears due to some kind of strain. These generally occur in the...
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How to Correct Muscle Imbalances to Prevent Injuries
There are many causes of back pain. Muscle imbalances are one of the lesser side effects of improper use, posture, strain and injury, and are commonly the cause of the aches and pains associated with...
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How to Make a Heat Pad
Ever strain your neck or pull a muscle and not have a heat pad handy around the house? There's an easy way to make a simple heat pad that you can use for muscle strains or sore necks, and you might...
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How to Cope With Foot and Leg Cramps
If you have severe foot or leg cramps and they occur often you should consult a doctor--you may have restless leg syndrome. If you have occasional leg or foot cramps, there are ways to cope with them...
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How to Treat Spasms
Muscle spasms are the body’s way of preventing further damage. When they occur, the pain or discomfort may not feel like a prevention technique. It may feel like the body is morphing into putty. Here...
View ArticleHow to Decorate a Massage Room
An integral part in having a massage room is the decor. You want the room to have a soothing, calming effect on those in the room. Giving a room that feeling is a pretty simple task. Here is how to...
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How to Prevent Charley Horses
Charley horses are painful. A charley horse is basically a muscle cramp that can occur for a variety of reasons. The cramps often come out of nowhere and for seemingly no reason at all. Charley horses...
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How to Get Rid of a Shoulder Ache
Shoulder pain can be brought on by stress, inactivity or too much physical activity. Regardless of why you're experiencing shoulder pain, there are things you can do to minimize discomfort while your...
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How to Get Rid of a Thigh Cramp
A leg or thigh cramp can occur for a number of reasons. It could be cramping from over-use or under-use. Your legs may be dehydrated and need water or it may even be a part of growing pains or phantom...
View ArticleHow to Identify Spasms
Most often, short-term spasms will occur due to the extensive fatigue or injury of a muscle. While spasms can be painful, they are commonly associated with the feeling of tightness in a particular...
View ArticleHow to Give a Shoulder Massage
Giving a shoulder massage can help the receiving party relax as well as tend to sore muscles. This can be a sensual experience. However, most of the time, this process is to help the other person...
View ArticleHow to Treat a Hamstring Tear
The hamstrings are a group of three muscles that run roughly from the ischium on the pelvis, to the outside of the knee on the back of the leg. One or more of these muscles can be strained to the point...
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How to Cure a Leg Cramp
Leg cramps can occur at any time but they typically tend to strike at night. They can range from a mild stiffness in the calf to a full spasm of the leg accompanied by extreme pain. Because leg cramps...
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How to Give a TMJ Massage
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a strong joint that is located in front of both ears where the skull and lower jaw articulates. It contains fibrocartilage meniscus that helps in easing up the...
View ArticleHow to Treat a Sore Hamstring
The hamstring is a set of tendons attached to the back of your knee. If your upper leg strength is unbalanced somehow you will most likely face hamstring injuries, especially if the front thigh muscles...
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How to Stop a Muscle Spasm
Muscle spasms can grab hold of you fast. When this happens, you need something that can fix them even faster. I have found a proven, all natural, method for you that you have likely never heard of before.
View ArticleHow to Avoid a Hernia
A hernia is a condition in which the muscle tissue that is supposed to contain an organ is weak or torn. If the opening in the tissue is large enough, part of the organ may poke through. The most...
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About the Different Types of Foot Massages
The feet are the most overworked parts of our body. They bear the full burden of our weight day after day. We often enclose them in restrictive gear such as socks and sneakers or stockings and high...
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How to Use a Compression Wrap
Compression is one of the four steps of the PRICE (protection, rest, ice, compression and elevation) formula, which is the most common form of treatment for muscle strains and tears. Compression...
View ArticleHow to Give a Full Body Massage
A full body massage is a special treat that you can perform for a friend, spouse or loved one. With only a light touch and some simple strokes, you can relax and sooth tense, strained muscles. A full...
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