I am looking for natural remedies to relieve pain in the neck/shoulders and back. Best, most effective gets the 10 points!!

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I am 22 years old and in good health. Ever since I was about 12 I sometimes get severe pain in my back.

Sometimes I will simply bend over and my lower back will sudddenly be strained. Other times I have major muscles spasms in my back and all of the muscles in my upper back, shoulders and neck area will be so tight that I cant even turn my head or lift my arm for over a week!

I have been to doctors and even the hospital about this problem in the past and the only thing they ever do is give my pain killers and muscle relaxers which just mask the pain and make me drowsy.

Are there any alternate treatments? Accupuncture? Specific Massage? Anything that might help me!

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I injured my neck a long time ago and I have had problems every since. What can I do to make my muscles relax/ ease the pain?

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Also, should I do any stretching exercises when I suffer from back pain or just avoid them? Is swimming the best solution? And what do you think of the DRS ?

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I have an UnderGrad degree in business and been in Purchasing as a Buyer for few years now. I am tired of purchasing and want to change my career to Health care. I don’t like to deal with Blood or any gross stuff.. Was thinking of getting a chiropractic degree but not sure.
Please Advise..

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I just returned from a four day class trip to washington d.c. on the second day my upper back began to get sore, up where it meets my neck. So kinda like my back shoulder muscles. The pain is on the right and left side but not in the middle. On the third and fourth day it got worse. It was still sore but this time there were sudden pains. It feels like my shoulder muscles are sore, and then there are two small strips of muscles, one on each side that are like stretched rubber bands. It is like they suddnely twist, slowley once every so often causing pain. It not that major, im going to ice my shoulders, but I have a soccer tryout on monday so I want to be as healthy as possible.

I want to prevent this from happening again and find out what caused the pain so these are the things i think could have contributed: it was hot so for all four days i walked around the city in flip flops and we spent alot of time on a coach bus, which had seats that i dont think supported my shoulders. Thanks
Does anyone know any way I can help the pain, do u recommend icing it or doing anything else?
I hd a large purse over my shoulder at most times, yet it was not that heavy. Hoewever the side that hurt more is the side that I usually had the purse on. So it could have contributed.

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For some reason, I don’t really find anything below the waist hot… I don’t see anything in a guy’s legs or butt. I like the abdomen and upper body (Arms, pecs, six pack, neck, back muscles).
I’m such an idiot, I completely forgot to add that a guy with dark eyes and hair with a cute smile can knock me out cold for hours =)

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Hi!
so i just started this basketball camp, its really difficult and involves a lot of conditioning and stuff….I can barely move!
seriously, i feel like every muscle in my body is pulled, my thumb muscles, groin, quads, back muscles, shoulder, neck (from falling during a scrimmage), shins.
what can i do to alleviate some of the pain before tomorrow, and to get me through the week?
thanks!

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i had shoulder bursitis 3 years ago and since then my muscle in my shoulder/ neck / thorasic back are very tight. i have had tonnes on deep tissue massage and accupunture. when i wake up my neck is to tight i can’t bend it side to side. i was thinking of maybe seeing a chiro, maybe i have a disc problem. do u think a chiro would help me?

i have seen physios and they dont do much for me

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I have had it for a week now..and my doctor gave me a cortisone shot. And that didn’t even help. She told me to take 800 mg of Mortin, which also doesn’t do anything. I have done the exercises online and walking and that makes it worse. The only thing that helps is not moving, which is impossible, cause I have a 4mo old baby. So any solutions? I will try ANYTHING!

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d.o. of chiropractics?

k, so i’m thinking about majoring in chiropractics. i want to know what year programs there are for the major? and how long, if you are a chiropractor, did it take you? and what is the yearly income/salary??? thanks.
for those who need clarification, i mean dc. oh, and i would also like to know the yearly tuition fee.

I am not a chiropractor but if you become one you will be a life saver I go to one now and he has helped me form getting the warts of my hand to make me feel almost cured when i have a cold.
hope you help people like me good luck

Chiropractor Chicago

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I’m wondering what most people think about going to see a chiropractor for health problems. In your answer please state your association with chiropractic (whether or not you are a chiropractor, chiropractic student, work in a chiropractic office, or if you have ever been to a chiropractor as a patient). Thanks!

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This is just really strange I think…. I have had my share of tension headaches… my shoulders and the back of my neck, you know…. but this is really wild. It hurts… been lingering around a week or so. Almost feels achey (if that’s a word) like when you get sick, the flu or something… but it’s not that… it’s just constant sore muscles on both sides of my neck…. additionally I have been sore in my arms… upper and lower, like my forearms ?? I’ve done nothing out of the norm as far as working out or anything…. oh and my feet too… my feet are really tired so much… this is all so "out of the blue". Maybe there’s nothing to it, but it’s lasted a while now, just wondered if anyone had anything intelligent to throw in. :) Thanks ya’ll.

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Dr. Yurij Chewpa: Hunt Club Chiropractor Clinic Extended 2 – whatido

I always get stress (muscle) knots in my back, and in my neck- they’ve gotten so bad my neck hurts to lay down, stand up, turn my head, anything… I can’t afford a massage (im a broke student!)– so need something cheap and easy to get rid of the stress knots in my neck… thanks

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