2007-03-04 11:54:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Most of the pain on our fronts is caused by our backs.
Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.
Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.
The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).
For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.
2007-03-05 17:08:57 · answer #1 · answered by Keko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you injur yourself recently? If you did something strenuous you may have pulled a muscle but if you haven't done anything to cause an injury you might want to look at what's going on in your life right now and see if maybe you are stressing out. I to have pain in my sternum/breastbone area and I have been checked for heart problems, hiatal hernia, acid erflux , etc. and that was not my problem. My problem is that I am the type person who holds emotional things in and whenever I get stressed out my sternum/breastbone area hurts. I have medication that I take only when I begin to hurt. So if you didn't injur yourself and you haven't been having any acid reflux or swallowing problems then I suggest putting some heat on the area and take Tylenol for the pain.. If it doesn't go away pretty soon please go to the doctor. It could be a warnng sign.
2007-03-04 12:10:55 · answer #2 · answered by rockngirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sternum is normally a painful structure...in fact, when asessing patients for level of consciousness, health care professionals perform a rub on the sternum to assess if the patient responds to pain. If you feel that it is causing you undue stress, however, follow up with your physician (see comment above regarding costochondritis).
2007-03-04 12:06:40 · answer #3 · answered by mistify 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may be costochondritis (spelling ?) you should check with your doctor. you could probably take motrin or alevek and it should help.
2007-03-04 12:02:44 · answer #4 · answered by fuzzyfatrabbit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then don't press on it... ; )
You probably bruised it on something.
2007-03-04 11:56:54 · answer #5 · answered by Angela M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋