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I’ve dealt with something similar a few times. At one point I was ready to sell my gear because I wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to play without pain again. You need to get up and move more often. Any motion will probably help, but walking and shoulder stretches helped me the most. This book helped me, I hope it helps you, too.
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Honestly, I've bought like 10 copies of that book because I keep giving them away! Haha. Anyway, it's good and I'm sure it will help some at least.
Not giving medical advice, just sharing my experience with this book:
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The “exercises” helped me get my spasms under control & stop them entirely for the last few years.
There are also PT clinics in many cities based on this methodology, but I found the book to be sufficient for my needs.
If you don't have chronic pains, congratulations. Continue to slouch and they will come to you eventually. Fix them at that time with the Egoscue Method, or preferably fix your posture by finding the applicable techniques in the method before the pains come.
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:( one thing I suggest is, if all the parts are not where they should be, but aren't otherwise damaged, you should have a look at this: https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887 This guy looked around at soldiers who got wounded in Vietnam who were no longer injured but didn't get better, and came up with a relatively simple DIY method to get better when nothing obvious is wrong. I guess that's not a great explanation and it may not help you at all but at least check out the reviews on this book. It helped me and a few people I know personally.
There was a guy who experimented on humans to prove this point.
Well, one human.
Himself. He cracked the knuckles on one of his own hands for 50 years and did not develop arthritis in either hand.
I feel like I should also mention that you might feel less inclined to pop your joints if they were aligned properly. See: https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
The question is removed but I'll take a swing anyway. If you hear clicking/popping from the bones, that is not normal. Some clicks/pops from the ears as you open the mouth is normal. Jaws should operate mostly silently. TMJ dysfunction of all kinds can lead to serious consequences and you should see a doctor about it, no kidding.
Easiest solution: you are slouching just-so and your jaw is suffering from poor posture in the rest of the body. No kidding, this is something you can possibly straighten out yourself. See: https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
For anyone with chronic pain I recommend https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512424428&sr=8-1&keywords=pain+free
read the reviews, it's crazy. It helped me and several people I "lent" books out to
The main problem is you are thinking too much of it. Try to distract yourself with thoughts of productive activities.
This may sound stupid but let your nuts hang. If you are tense, you may need to relax the muscles that pull your nuts up toward the body. It could be as stupid as cramps in those.
Go to a different doctor.
Take comfort in all your "normal" results.
You should definitely try the Pain Free method for your other aches https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887 this worked like magic for me personally; read the reviews!
if you are having repeated joint injuries all over the body, you may be crooked without realizing. This has been described as "symptomatic injury" meaning you are holding your bones the wrong way and the injuries are symptomatic of that. You might want to take a look at https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
Oh man I almost forgot! For spine problems, if your mom wants to get better she should get a copy of Pain Free and put in a couple of hours a day of fixing herself. Read the reviews on that, it's pretty crazy.
It could be as simple as poor posture pinching a nerve and you can fix yourself right up with https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
...or it could be something you are dying from. The proper person to ask is your physician. But do give Pain Free a serious try before you let anybody perform any surgeries or give you strong medications!
Yes, note the title - "and Other repetitive Strain Injuries"
I also highly recommend Pain Free by Pete Egoscue. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553379887/
This book and Sharon's book are both good for explaining the causes of such problems, as well as giving solutions.
Maybe. More likely you did something wrong. A kilo over the weight limit for your structural parts can be a disaster, and strength doesn't come as fast to some parts as to other parts.
Also like most people these days you are probably slightly crooked all the time. A small misalignment can have drastic consequences. This book changed my life and I highly recommend it, even if you don't have chronic pain. Teach yourself how to have proper posture: http://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
But at least get a well-respected professional to check your form, and never rush workouts with heavy weights.
Just popped over to this subreddit as I have sciatica. It's the worst it's ever been right now. Anyway, I'd recommend reading the following book and try some of the stretches and exercises before even thinking of surgery.
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You're welcome. I am taking medication. I take 3 different ones currently. They basically bring me up from a place of not being able to function at all to kind of being able to function, but still not as well as an average person. My psychiatrist said I had treatment-resistant depression. Whoopie. I experience a little drowsiness as a side effect, but its remedied with a nap. Thankfully I have a lifestyle where I can take a 2 hour nap in the middle of the day. Thankfully I don't have any weight gain (that is a common symptom of anti-depressants). I purposely worked with my psychiatrist to avoid that. If you didn't go back to Mexico for help, would you get help where you currently live? I can understand about the knee and hip. Being unable to do the thing you love so much is utterly terrible. I've had a somewhat similar but arguably not as bad experience because I injured my hand last summer, and I play piano, and it's taken me a year to heal and get to a place where I can play as much as I used to. Playing piano is a huge passion of mine. I actually got a lot of help from this book. Using the relatively easy and simple techniques in that book helped my hand more than just immobilizing it (which is what the doctor said to do). So that's a thought.
You should try the Egoscue Method. I cured my knee and lower back pain using his exercises. You can do it at home. All you need is time and a few bucks for the book. Read the reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274318382&sr=8-1
I have back pain, and for some karmic reason perhaps, know a few people with either problems or have titanium in lieu of back bone. Here are my opinions..
Chiro borders on quackery. Physiotherapy definitely works, but someone who -really- knows what they're doing will take research and patience.
Too many downsides. Addiction. They stop working. Side effects such as weight gain and mood swings... and you can get busted for DWI if you're caught driving with them, even if they're prescribed to you. Most importantly (as if that wasn't enough), they mask the pain and allow you to do activities (such as sitting for long periods of time) that will increase pain down the road... which will increase your need for the drugs, and the cycle continues.
Yes. The most time consuming, since you'll need to do research and a bit of trial and error to find out what works, but by far the best long term solution.
Also yes, but don't get a video, get a person who can tailor the routine to suit you.
Who has time for fun anyway? Are you over 30? Yeah, fun time is over. It's decay management time now.
Not unless absolutely necessary. The downsides are significant. If you think fun time is over now, surgery will make misery a near permanent house guest.
Never tried it, and every doctor I've heard as a varying opinion of it. Better than surgery or pills though.
Edit: I can also vouch for this book... Pain Free. Which describes various stretching techniques for different parts of the body.
Switch your mouse hand to your other hand while working/browsing the internet. It'll only take a couple of days to feel natural. This will let your wrist take a break when needed. Still use your other hand occasionally as complete rest is bad. Motion is key.
Is your issue coming from your wrist? Just because you have wrist pain doesn't mean it's the source. A lot of mine comes from neck/shoulder/elbow I've learned (can feel it pull when I do shoulder stretches/movements). You sit down all day for work. Check your back/neck/shoulders/elbow. Make sure you aren't locking up. Again, keeping motion in your body is key.
Make sure your posture is good. This is important too.
This book helped me a lot: https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1524415698&sr=8-3&keywords=chronic+pain. It has a overview in the first 3 chapters then specific parts to focus on that hurt in other chapters. So you read chapter 1-3, then skip to your problem chapter.
You most likely hurt because some muscles are over compensating while others are not moving at all. What this book taught me is a lot of our issues from deskjobs/gaming come from being immobile. Evolution, the way our bodies are, are used to constantly being used. Basic muscle-skeletal motion is the backbone of your health. It's how you breathe, blood circulates, speaking, etc. If you stop moving your body adapts to that lifestyle.
Basically, from seeing doctors, and being told to stretch specific parts that hurt (your wrist) never fixed the underlying issue. You should stretch your wrist, it helps a ton and prevents injury. But I had to getup and stretch everything and get my body moving again due to my lifestyle.
Sorry for the wall of text. Idk you position or lifestyle, but if you have a desk job and play video games you're most likely immobile most of the day and only your arms and wrist move, thus they work hard and hurt to makeup for your shoulder and other parts doing nothing. I felt the need to type this out to you and everyone else as a PSA because it'll become much worse than just wrist problems in a few years.
I only did my school jumps but around 40 my left knee started getting arthritis. hurt that leg on a jump but never did anything. at one point it really hurt walking down the stairs. running kind of helped but still hurt.
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I found this book by accident. written by an injured Vietnam vet
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stupid little things like stretching and squats made all the pain go away without drugs. at one point I was thinking I'd need surgery
First of all, I assume you are referring to this posture.
Focus on your lower back, complete spine, sides, abs, and intercostals. When you use these muscles throughout the entire posture, the backs of your legs will relax allowing your legs to naturally straighten. Hip flexors are important, also, but they are difficult to target unless you use a book like Pete Egoscue's Pain Free. Those muscles will come along naturally as your core strength and overall posture improves.
For this pose, specifically, start out by sitting up straight and squared between your thighs with really good posture while your one leg is out in front of you flat with the other leg bent before you go down for head to knee. Your middle back should curve slightly forward towards your belly button ("sticking your chest out"). Your lower back should curve slightly backwards down to your tail bone ("sticking your butt out"). If you normally have a slight hunch in your posture, it may require some slight strain in your back muscles to achieve (or begin moving towards) an anatomically correct s-curve in your spine. The belly button is at the most forward point of this s-curve, and it is often taught that 'sucking the belly button towards the spine' helps to tighten up the spinal column and support proper posture. I think that's a sloppy way of describing the way your abs should be engaged, but it gets the point across. Use your hands to support this posture while looking in a mirror and adjust your sit-bones until it looks and feels right from left to right...front to back. Try to get the s-curve to be 100% perfectly vertical. You should be able to do this without your hands to support you, but it took me a couple of years to get to this point because of some back problems.
When you've got the setup described above, begin moving forward into the posture while continuing to use all of the muscles you were using to sit up perfectly straight. Keep them tight but not stiff. Use mostly your ab strength to angle your torso forward. You may feel a little bit of pinching strain in the muscles between your scapulae and spine. STOP when you reach a balance of maximum effort in your abs and maximum tightness in the back of your leg. Grab your foot if you can, but if you're like I used to be, you can't reach your foot yet. Try to keep the bent leg's knee on the floor while reaching for the straight leg's foot. At this point, the entire front of your torso should be flexing with a decent amount of strain. They say you are squeezing your thyroid gland with the muscles in your neck during this posture. You can keep working the posture from here or go farther forward by cheating out of this proper form. The cheat that Bikram yoga teaches is to bend the knee upwards until you can reach it with your forehead while flexing the muscles on the front of your torso. This cheat also lets you reach your foot if you were unable to reach it earlier. Once you've got a hold on your foot, continue to balance the strain the back of your leg with the effort in the front of your torso. Don't forget to continue holding a good posture with the muscles in the back of your torso, as well. Finally, roll sideways to the butt-cheek of the leg with the bent knee to help that stupid knee stay on the ground because it likes to come up. Use the leverage of holding your foot to control the roll....rock back and forth slightly as you feel your abs tighten and loosen a little bit during the roll. Done.
Hope this all made sense... I just kinda winged it based on the ways I've improved my own head-to-knee over the last year or two..
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This book is fantastic
Check out this book
https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887/
I run 5 miles or so averaging mid to low 8:00's in my late 40's. used to tough out knee pain running around 9
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then I found this book
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try to do the exercises in this book. I have balance and other issues and used to have really bad knee pain. This book was amazing and solved everything with no doctors or surgeries
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also exercise your legs with squats and one legged squats
You might have a look at Pain Free by Pete Egoscue
http://www.oregonexercisetherapy.com/blog/the-power-of-the-egoscue-tower
https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
This helped me a ton:
Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553379887/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fyMsAb6BEXTN7
Since it fixed mine, I like to recommend this for anyone with chronic joint pains https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
read the review comments, at least!
I googled "ergonomics for neck and back pain" and found e.g.:
http://www.spine-health.com/blog/6-easy-tips-reduce-back-and-neck-pain-work
I also know people who swear by Egoscue: https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
Pain Free by Pete Egoscue, to get your joints proper https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
Your teeth are because of your diet, and probably at least half that is the diet your parents trained you to eat. You might consider a trip to Mexico to get your teeth fixed for cheaper. They may not be as much of a lost cause as you think: https://www.curetoothdecay.com/Tooth_Decay/heal_cavities.htm
Your personal hygiene is something you will either get on yourself and do right, or not. It is for you to decide if it is worth the mental effort - every single day.
Go to a military recruiting station and take the ASVAB - not necessarily because you want to join up, but because it will give you something like an aptitude test and you won't have to pay for it. Maybe the idea they have of what you would be good for in the Navy, will help you think what you want to do out not-in the Navy.
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This helped several people in my family; if you have chronic back problems, this may help. It's worth a shot anyway.
Rest the injured area.
Get braces for joints that seem recurrently injured (elbow, etc.).
Consider Egoscue: http://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
I have been struggling with carpal tunnel, back, neck, and hip pain for roughly 5 years now. I've been to several PTs, Chiros, Doctors, Massage therapists, acupuncture, ergonomic mice/keyboards...you name it. Nothing helped.
Carpal tunnel is most likely linked to bad posture. Your back, shoulder, neck, hip, hands and everything else are interlinked. Carpal tunnel is usually due to your neck being tweaked. (Which can be caused from issues elsewhere.)
Here are the things that are helping me:
I recently started doing ddpyoga. Laugh all you want, but it is awesome and it's fun AND it makes you feel great. If you stick with it you will feel better. It's not yoga like you typically imagine it. It's no bullshit and incredibly fun and the workouts dont take forever either (a big plus).
Also the things in these books are incredibly helpful:
http://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
They helped me realize that my pain is all coming from hip misalignment. It's immediately noticeable if you ever feel "off balance" or your natural stance has your feet pointing outward.
Hope this helps.
you and u/shamelessseamus should both check out Pain Free by Pete Egoscue. Also anyone else with chronic pain. No-impact DIY physical therapy system put together by a guy who noticed wounded soldiers healed but didn't get better.
Read the reviews, it's crazy: https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
OP and fellow chronic injury sufferers should have a look at https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887
If you keep injuring yourself, you may be able to stop doing by modifying your habits.
edit: LOL downvote away but my knee still feels better and so does my friend's hip and my dad's back, thanks to this book.
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