Want to skip ahead?Here’s a link to my post about getting relief on your own. The patient with this pain runs their hand up and down along one side of their low back and says that it hurts there. They often say that they have pain along one side of the low back when they get […]
Groin and abdominal pain can be an indicator of serious internal organ problems. See your doctor and be gentle with anything you do for self-care. Here, you will find how to get relief on your own when your back hurts but the pain is in the front fold of the hip. If you’d like to
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Want to skip ahead?Here’s a link to my post about getting relief on your own. People usually complain about earache and some jaw tension. Sometimes they complain about a roaring in the ear or some other form of tinnitus. At times, when the trigger point is most severe, there is sharp pain deep in the ear with a sickly
Here, you will find self-care strategies to relieve this headache in the eyebrow. Be aware that several headache patterns are just above or below the eyebrow. Take a look at this list of headache patterns to be sure that this is the right one. If you’d like to read more about how people describe this
People complain of hip pain when they stand on one foot. Some people describe it as feeling like the SI joint is unhinged. Others will complain that getting out of the car or standing up from a chair is difficult. So instead, they tend to turn and stand on both legs. This approach is more
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Here, you will find self-care strategies for relief on your own from hip pain through the sacroiliac (SI) joint of your hip when stepping onto one foot. In this case, the hip feels unhinged and fragile. This pattern is often associated with a sharp, stiff pain in the lower back. How people describe this pain
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Here, you will find ways to get relief from the trigger point that creates earache with jaw tension. If you’d like to read more about how people describe the pain or what activities create the pain, look at this other post. A little gentle pressure while opening your mouth to stretch can offer great relief
This self-care exercise, the supine twist, releases fixations in these joints, which govern the pain and restriction around those joints. The multifidi and rotatores seem most directly connected to the sharp, fragile pain in the vertebrae. However, the quadratus lumborum typically creates a fragile, unstable low-back. Notably, there are many other low-back pain patterns. The
Avoid the teetering exercises listed in the post on this trigger point. This includes things like vacuuming, sweeping, raking, working on a low counter, or doing dishes. Also, avoid exercises where you bend forward like moving boxes or picking up grandkids. By the way, even if you don’t bend way over like this guy, the
This post contains self-care strategies for the headache beside the crown that creates tired, achy eyes. If you’d like to read more about how people describe this pain and the activities that aggravate it, read this other post. If you would like to experience less of this pain pattern, avoid wearing hats too tightly across
