When you have a Tennis Elbow or Golfer's Elbow, it is natural to focus all your attention on the painful area. After all, that is where the discomfort is. That is where you feel the ache when you lift a bag, grip a pen, type on your laptop or open a jar. But what if your elbow is not the whole story? Many of the executive mums I work with are surprised when I start talking about their shoulder. They often ask, "What does my shoulder have to do with my elbow pain?"
In this blog, let us explore why your shoulder could be an important piece of the puzzle when it comes to recovering from Tennis Elbow or Golfer's Elbow ....
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If your neck pain tends to build as the day goes on, the solution may not start at 3 PM when your neck already feels tight. It may start before your first coffee. Many executive mums wake up feeling reasonably comfortable. Then the day begins. The emails, meetings, school run, work, phone calls. The constant switching between roles.
And somewhere around late afternoon, you notice it. Your neck feels heavier. Your shoulders have crept upwards. You start rubbing the base of your skull or stretching your neck without even thinking about it. By evening, the tension has often built into pain.
In this blog, lets explore how a simple 5-minute routine can help prepare your body for the physical and mental demands of the day ahead.
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You might not even notice it at first. You are sitting at your desk, halfway through the day, trying to stay on top of everything. Your shoulders feel a little tight. Your neck feels a bit "loaded." Not painful yet. Just working harder than it should. By the afternoon, that familiar heaviness starts creeping in. The kind that sits at the base of your skull or wraps around your head. And you find yourself wondering, "I have barely done anything today. So why does my head hurt?"
Here is something most women with cervicogenic headaches never consider … Your neck was never designed to help you breathe all day. Yet when stress rises, posture collapses, or you spend hours sitting at a desk, your body often starts using the muscles around your neck and upper chest to assist with breathing. The same muscles that are already working hard to support your head.
In this blog, let us explore how your breathing pattern can quietly add extra load to your neck, contribute to cervicogenic headaches, and what small shifts can help interrupt that cycle before the headache takes hold ....
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You have probably noticed this pattern before. Some days feel manageable and your body feels okay. The tightness is there, but it’s not overwhelming. You get through your day without thinking too much about it. And then there are those other days - the busy ones, the stressful ones, the days where everything feels a little more rushed, a little more demanding. And by the end of it, your pain feels louder. Your body feels tighter. Even simple movements feel heavier.
And you are left wondering… why does it feel so much worse today?
In this blog, let’s explore why your pain often increases on busy stressful days, and why this isn’t random and how it is your body responding to the load it’s been carrying ....
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If you have experienced Tennis Elbow or Golfer's Elbow before, you probably know how frustrating it can be when the pain returns. Things start feeling better. You get back to your normal routine. Then a few weeks or months later, the ache starts creeping back in. Maybe you notice it when typing, carrying a bag, lifting groceries, or opening a jar. Before long, you are wondering why the same problem keeps showing up.
In this blog, let us explore why elbow pain often returns and what actually helps prevent it from becoming a recurring part of your life ....
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