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LOOK UP TO NECK PAIN & HEADACHE RELIEF
INSIDE: • Physical Therapy & Neck Pain • Healthy Recipe • Patient Success Spotlight • FREE Physical Therapy Consultation
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NEWSLETTER Health&Wellness DISCOVER RELIEF FOR NECK PAIN & HEADACHES
If you really had to narrow down the frustrations that come with dealing with chronic pain, perhaps the single largest frustration would be having to deal with the pain day after day. Chronic pain has a way of interfering with the most basic activities. Getting out of bed and driving to work can become a challenge, as can sitting in a desk chair all day, or attempting to pick up your child when he or she is upset. Some of these tasks are more difficult to get around than are others, and, depending on how the pain is impacting your life, the stress of having to go through extra steps to make basic things happen can really get out of hand. Neck pain is one of those types of pain that is difficult to work around. Pain in the neck and back will frequently begin to radiate the longer it hangs around, and that could mean shooting pain up your neck and back, all the way into thebaseofyourskull.Onceneckpain begins to turn intoheadaches, attempting to concentrate at work can become exceedingly difficult. What Causes Neck Pain? There are a large number of culprits that could be behind your experience of neck pain, including accidents, such as a car
accident or a slip-and-fall accident, as well as sporting injuries.The reason why neck pain frequently becomes so severe is due to the fact that blood vessels have to pass through your neck to reach the head. A spasm in the neck muscles could lead to constricted blood circulation, and therefore migraine headaches. What’s worse, since the neck is connected to the spinal column and therefore connected to the nervous system, pain in the neck can quickly develop into tingling or numbness in the hands, arms and fingers, which can be uncomfortable and frustrating when you are going about daily tasks. When neck pain develops as a result of a pinched nerve, the radiating neck pain can result in severe headaches, and in some cases, even migraine headaches. The pinched nerve can cause pain to radiate from the neck into the skull and can cause a disruption to typical nerve patterns. Working with a physical therapist can help you address pain caused by a pinched nerve, and therefore can reduce the severity of headaches that develop as a result of neck pain.
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PHYSICAL THERAPY & NECK PAIN
The good news is that there is actually a lot that you can do to support the healthy operation of your neck, thereby reducing the severity or frequency of your neck pain. Working with a physical therapist is the best way to address neck pain. During physical therapy, your neck pain will be addressed holistically, taking into consideration the initial injury that may have caused the pain to develop, but also any other habits, movements or compensations thatmaybecontributing to thediscomfort.Physical therapy takesadvantage of strategies like massage, stretching and muscle training to reduce neck pain, and many of these strategies can be adopted in part at home or on the-go to help you address your neck pain when it is bothering you the most. Adopting healthier habits can have a big impact on your management of neck pain. These include: • Practicing improved posture • Wearing recommended footwear • Using lumbar support in your desk chair or car • Exercising regularly • Engaging in regular stretching, like yoga One of the primary goals of physical therapy is to address whole-body well-being by encouraging improved overall health. In many situations, this includes improved flexibility and range-of-motion training, muscle building and strength training, and even in some cases, encouragement with cardiovascular activities and weight loss. At the end of the day, the best way to be free of neck pain is to prevent neck pain from developing, and working with a physical therapist can help you in this regard, as well. The tasks that you do every day can build up over
time and cause a lot of stress on your body, and the neck and shoulders are some of the most common places to carry that stress. You may not even realize the impact that simple tasks that you do every day have on your body and your experience of pain. Things like driving, lifting heavy objects — like packages at the front door or even your groceries — and repetitive movements like hunching over a keyboard at work can all seriously impact your neck pain. The longer you let neck pain linger and disrupt your life, the more difficult it becomes to treat. If you experience an injury, the smart thing to do is to consult a physical therapist soon after the pain develops. Source: https://www.moveforwardpt.com/symptomsconditionsdetail.aspx?cid=8402b1d2- 6580-41b2-b4ff-25a0cd6dac3a https://www.verywellhealth.com/pinched-nerve-headache-treatment-1719581
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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Doughnuts Eating Right Never Tasted So Good! INGREDIENTS • 3 cup almond flour, sifted • 3 tbsp of cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar substitute • ½ cup choice of brown sugar substitute • 2 tsp of vanilla extract • 1 cup pumpkin puree (unsweetened) • 6 large eggs Keto Maple Icing • 1 cup powdered sugar-free (confectioners sugar substitute) • 1 tsp cinnamon powder • 8 tbsp heavy whipping cream • 2 tbsp of sugar-free syrup
• 3 tsp of ground ginger • ½ tsp of ground nutmeg • ¼ tsp of ground clove • 3 tsp baking powder • 1/2 tsp of sea salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened • 8 ounces of full-fat cream cheese, softened
DIRECTIONS Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease donut molds. Sift together almond flour, cinnamon powder,groundginger,groundnutmeg,groundclove,bakingpowder,andsaltandsetaside. Beat together thesoftenedbutter,creamcheese,bothsugarsubstitutes,andvanillaextract until light and creamy. Mix in the pumpkin puree. Add eggs one at a time alternating with thedry ingredients,mixing thoroughlyaftereachaddition.Usingapastrybag,pipe thecake batter evenly into the prepared donut pan(s). Bake about 15- 20 min or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Allow donuts to cool in molds for 10 min. To make icing, mix the powdered sugar substitute and cinnamon powder in a small bowl. Whisk in the 8 tbsp of heavy whipping creammaking sure to fully incorporate the mixture. Lastly, add 2 tbsp of lakanto sugar-free maple syrup and mix well. If icing is too thick, add another tbsp of heavy whipping cream until softened.
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