What Is Causing Your Neck Pain?
In some cases, mechanical neck pain can develop as a result of a change in the neck joints. This may develop as a result of a disc collapsing, which causes the space between the bones to become narrow, often causing bones to strike one another, resulting in pain. When this isn’t addressed, mechanical neck pain can spread, causing the pain to become more severe and covering a wider range of the neck. Neck pain is sometimes caused by radiculopathy, which refers to pressure or irritation in the nerves of the neck, which alters the electrical signals in the neck, causing you to feel more pain throughout the day. Physical therapy can help reduce the pressure and irritation surrounding the nerves, often offering immediate relief from pain and discomfort. These are just some of the frequent causes of neck pain. It is important that you never assume that your neck pain is being caused by one or another of these issues, and that you instead always work with a licensed and experienced physical therapist to determine the precise cause of your pain and discomfort. Is Your Neck Pain Caused by Sleep Issues? There is one more factor that often is not spoken about, but it’s a frequent cause of neck pain and discomfort: sleeping issues. Sometimes, sleeping in a certain position or sleeping on a mattress or pillow that is too soft or too hard will lead to neck pain. Oftentimes, this pain will appear to be chronic, as the sleeping issue
is likely something that you experience day after day, causing the pain to return regularly. It may be helpful to rule out sleeping concerns as a reason behind your neck pain by assessing your sleeping conditions and making any changes that you think may be necessary. Adjust how many pillows you sleep on, the position you sleep in or even your mattress! For more support in finding relief from neck pain, talk to your physical therapist.
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Originally created for little league game snacks where we noticed the “after cupcake sugar slump”, many, many families tell me they send them as school lunch, serve them up at birthday parties, leave them out as snacks...and there are never leftovers. The key is cooking them low and slow; if you own a Traeger--that’s perfect but any low heat will do. Baseball Beef Sticks Recipe
INGREDIENTS • 4 lbs grass-fed sirloin, sliced thin (see note below) • 24 wood skewers Marinade • 2 cloves garlic
• 2 tsp fresh ginger root, peeled & finely grated or see below • ½ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup real maple syrup • ¾ cup wheat free tamari • 2 tsp chili pepper flakes
INSTRUCTIONS Note: you can ask your butcher to thin-slice the meat, it should be about ¼ inch thick. Alternately, freeze the meat and then allow it to partially thaw. This makes it soft enough to cut while rigid enough to slice thin. In a food processor, puree the garlic cloves and peeled ginger (it helps to cube the ginger, use about a 1½ inch sectionof root)with theoliveoil.Quicklymix in the remainingmarinade ingredients. Inabowl, layer themeat andmarinadeandmixwell.Letmarinadeovernight,orat least4hours.Pre-soak thewoodskewers inwater so theydon’tburnwhencooking.Pre-heatyourgrill (orTraeger)and then turn it to the lowestsetting.Thread the marinated beef onto the skewers. Slowcook the skewers over very low heat until cooked through. Cook to your preference, but slow-cooking is important to retain the tenderness and juices. Findmorehealthyrecipemakeoversatwww.OurNutritionKitchen.comContributedbyMarieCecchiniSternquist, MS CHHC who uses Functional Nutrition and Nutrition ResponseTesting to address inflammatory processes that prevent true healing.
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