Myofascial pain syndrome occurs when a tightened up ball of knotted muscle cause sore areas to appear, on a person’s body. What happens is the nerves inside of these muscles begin firing so rapidly that it causes excruciating pain and stiffness in that area. These areas are known as myofascial trigger points. The pain from … Read more
Knowing What to Eat Helps Reduce Muscle Spasms Skeletal muscles are the muscles found in your arms, legs, back, stomach and neck, they are the muscles that connect to your body. It’s these muscles that’s responsible for our movements. Unlike the smooth muscles we can usually control them. Occasionally these muscles will tense up into … Read more
Multiple Sclerosis is classified as an autoimmune disease. The body’s own immune system thinks the myelin sheath is a foreign body and attacks it. The Myelin sheath is the outer layer that protects the nerves. These attacks leave open areas known as plaques or lesions. This plaque makes it difficult for the nerves to send … Read more
Spinal decompression is a treatment that release the pressure on the pinched nerves located in your spinal column. This procedure is usually performed when a person suffers from; disk degeneration, herniated disk, sciatica and disk bulging. A doctor can choose to either to a surgical, or nonsurgical technique. I will explain a little about these … Read more
This is a type of traditional medicine that first began back in China. It’s thought that it might have begun around 3300 BCE. Although the exact time is uncertain. It’s thought that energy flows through our body in a specific pattern. When this route is disrupted, vital organs aren’t receiving oxygen and other essential nutrients. … Read more
What Is Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, the brain and spinal cord. It’s categorized under the autoimmune disease, because its symptoms, like the other autoimmune diseases is caused by the immune system destroying its own body’s tissue. With MS this destruction occurs along the myelin sheath, … Read more
A muscle spasm is a sudden involuntary tightening of your muscles. There are numerous reasons why this happens. Some of them include; overworked tired muscles, starting a new exercise program, not warming up before you work out. A lot of autoimmune diseases cause this to occur. Sometimes it’s our body’s way of letting us know … Read more
Pain occurs for many reasons. It could be from an injury, strain, sprain, fracture. Different diseases can cause pain as well. Did you know the foods we eat can increase our pain level? That’s right, chemicals in certain foods can make us hurt worse. So what foods causes the pain? What are some better, healthier … Read more
The Truth about Multiple Sclerosis MS is classified as an autoimmune disorder. This is because the white blood cells of a person with multiple sclerosis attacks its own tissue. This causes inflation, which leads to the destruction of the myelin sheath, the cover that protects the spinal cord and nerve endings. This unprotected area known … Read more
What, exactly is myofascial pain syndrome? This syndrome is caused when the muscles tighten to such an extreme that the muscles end up in large knots, these areas become so painful that it hurts every time someone tries to use that particular set of muscles. These areas known as trigger points will continue to tighten … Read more