Your doctor may refer you to a physiotherapist to relieve pain and restore your neck's mobility. Whether you undergo surgery on the cervical spine or not, the physical treatment is the key to a strong recovery. Physical therapy includes passive and active treatments. The passive therapy helps you relax and unwind your body, it prepares, in addition to physical therapy which is the active part of physiotherapy. • The deep tissue massage, which addresses the chronic muscle tension affecting your neck as a result of the stress of everyday life. The therapist exerts direct pressure and friction to release tension from your soft tissues (ligaments, tendons and muscles). • Treatment with heat and cold: the use of heat (thermotherapy), the therapist seeks to increase blood flow to the targeted region, because it allows a supply of oxygen and nutrients, but also get rid of waste produced by muscle spasms, and his flow promotes healing. Cryotherapy (cold treatment) slows the blood circulation to reduce inflammation, spasms and pain. The physiotherapist will use turns to thermotherapy and cryotherapy. • TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) can be implemented at home, if the therapist considers that necessary. A machine sends electrical impulses variables (safe) in the muscles to stimulate them. The TENS can reduce muscle spasms and even promote the production of endorphins through your body, your natural painkillers. The equipment used by the physiotherapist for TENS is larger than the machine for home use. Whether or not the place, this machine can be very useful. • The traction is to stretch and manipulate the spine to alleviate pain and make you an ease of movement. Traction can be performed manually (the chiropractic approach) or using a special mechanical device. • Ultrasound, by increasing blood circulation, reduce muscle spasms, cramps, swelling, stiffness and pain. It sends deep muscle tissue, the acoustic waves that produce heat enhancing circulation and therefore healing. During the active part of physical therapy, the practitioner will teach you various exercises to work your physical flexibility, strength, stability and a motor (that is to say, facilitate the movement of joints). Each physical therapy program is customized and takes into account your health status and patient history. The exercises will be prescribed may not be suitable for another person suffering from neck. It easily locks himself into bad habits leading to sore neck: it collapses before his meal, we go limp on his desk, we keep the shoulders hunched forward. With the help of your doctor, put an end to these bad habits and adopt new habits healthier. To ensure that you do not start hurting you, he can come up to scan your private and professional environment in order to advise you better protect yourself from pain. This entry was posted on Monday, August 9th, 2010 and filed under Relieve your back pain. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0.

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