Many a times we go through the whole day headache-free but we wake up within a few hours of sleeping or in the morning with a headache. We haven’t been ‘using’ our neck at night when we are sleeping. So what might have caused this headache .... have you ever wondered if this maybe caused by your pillow? In this blog we will discuss how can your pillow cause headaches and 3 tips to manage this ....
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If you suffer from neck pain you might be conscious of your sitting posture while you are at work or while doing home chores or driving. But you also need to consider your posture when sleeping to avoid positions that can cause or aggravate neck pain.
In this blog we will discuss the 2 worst sleeping positions if you suffer from neck pain followed by 2 tips on how to avoid them ....
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As mums our body undergoes a lot of physical changes starting from pregnancy to childbirth to caring for our little ones and even after that. Add to that the fact that motherhood is now common in the late 30’s age when degeneration (wear and tear) of our spine and joints starts, it is no surprise that our bodies can find these physical changes challenging. These physical changes can manifest as back pain, neck pain or joint pain. And for mums specially in high demand jobs such as an executive role there is the additional stress of sitting at your desk from nine to five, long meetings and extensive travelling. All these add to the physical challenges of motherhood and they can contribute to the pains and discomforts.
If you suffer from joint pain or tendinitis (inflammation/pain in your tendons) or a heel spur your doctor may have advised you to take a joint injection for pain relief. It can be a very overwhelming thought to get an injection into your joint and you might have a lot of questions regarding its effectiveness, pain from the injection and if an injection is really worth it?
In this blog, we will address some of these common questions about joint injections and one big mistake that people do after they are given a joint injection.....
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There are quite a few physical pains and challenges that come with being a mum starting from your pregnancy to the early years of motherhood. Mums with younger kids tend to have their hands full when they are at home, along with long working hours, meetings, work related travel etc. All of these can lead to neck pains or aggravate existing neck pains. Sometimes mums tend to learn to live with the pain but these neck pains can be managed better with some simple and easy solutions.
We will discuss the common reasons for neck pain followed by these simple solutions to manage them better ....
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It is common for mums to develop back pain when they miss out on their exercises due to lack of time or when they are busy driving long distance to and from kids classes and school or sitting in meeting for long hours at work. Most of us have been in similar situation where we have reached out for a pain relief gel or pain patch to ease the aches and pains. But do these pain relief gels and pain patches actually work? In this blog we will discuss how and when these gels and patches work on our pain .....
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