Comments on: Weekly Roundup: Chronic Neck Pain Edition

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:22:58 +0000

Get a Chiropractor. We always got your back…………………

By: Canadian Capitalist

Canadian Capitalist — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:33:32 +0000

Thanks for the mention CD. Great collection of articles as usual.

By: Debt Reduction

Debt Reduction — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:23:19 +0000

Thanks for the post Marilyn. I found a CD called T-Tapp that my wife and I have been doing. Similar to yoga however more isometrics. Thanks for the help

By: klcthebookworm

klcthebookworm — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:28:19 +0000

Look at stretching the chest muscles specifically. What happens if you spend most of your time at a computer is your shoulders round forward and your pecs shorten, but you feel the strain in your neck and back of your shoulders cause those muscles are being used improperly. I’ve used this stretch and the site’s test to see if you have forward head to help ease a lot of my upper back pain.

http://www.healthline.com/blogs/exercise_fitness/2006/10/fixing-upper-back-and-neck-pain.html

By: chris

chris — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:29:44 +0000

hey mike,

i am buying an inversion table for the fiance…you may want to invest in one of them…people she knows swears by them for their back…so like, it may help totally with you also

By: Million Dollar Journey

Million Dollar Journey — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:52:30 +0000

Thanks for the mention CD!

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:06:47 +0000

Great roundup! Thanks for the link.

Mike

By: Clever Dude

Clever Dude — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:01:18 +0000

@Marilyn, thanks for the tip on yoga. I also have stretches from my chiropractor from earlier this year when I had back and neck problems. But at this point, stretching is so painful (the good pain though, like stretching a sore muscle) that it makes me rather sick in the stomach to think about it. I have a pretty high pain tolerance, but not so much for chronic/long-term pain!

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:51:23 +0000

Hey CleverDude

Love the blog, Sorry to hear about your neck.

Try some stretches and/or yoga. I’ve gone through periods of time when I get weird back pain and then I start some sort of stretch routine and it slowly goes away.

There are plenty of free video podcast that will walk you through 20min or so yoga routines.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:12:15 +0000

One follow up I forgot: Don’t just take the Babies R Us price on a lot of this stuff.

We got our Baby Bjorn for 1/3 the cost of the Babies R US/Target price at BJs.

Also, check yard sales and consignment sales. Be sure to check any used toys thoroughly, though because broken toys can cause a safety hazard.