5 Fantastic Do It Yourself Pain Relief Tools from a Wilmington Chiropractor
5 Fantastic Do It Yourself Pain Relief Tools from a Wilmington Chiropractor
Get Rid of Muscle Pain With These Pain Relief Tools
Visiting a Chiropractor is ideal for treating pain in one's muscles and joint. However, there's a lot that you can do at home to keep your muscles in a healthy, relaxed state. Here are five easy, inexpensive tools you can use at home to bring you pain relief.
Lacrosse Ball ($7 at Amazon)
Over the years I've used tennis balls, racquetballs, and others but nothing beats a lacrosse ball when you want to relax tight muscles and break up soft tissue adhesions. Check the video below for how to use a lacrosse ball to relieve muscle tension effectively.
Trigger Point "The Grid" Foam Roller ($38 at Amazon)
A foam roller allows you to reach specific areas on your body but has a much larger surface area to work larger muscle groups. This is a great tool to use when you feel tension or pain in your back or legs. I'm recommending the Trigger Point foam roller called "The Grid". It has grooves on the roller that are designed for you to be able to dig into specific spots in addition to the broader muscle group without feeling like a knobby roller. The video below demonstrates how to roll away lower back pain with the The Grid foam roller.
BioFreeze Cold Therapy Pain Relief Roll On ($25 at Amazon)
The BioFreeze Roll On is pretty amazing science when you think about it. It works to break the pain cycle by relieving pain through a method known as "Gate Control," or "gating." In the gating process, menthol, the primary ingredient, acts to stimulate specific sensory receptors in the skin, thereby blocking other receptors from sending pain signals to the brain.
Biofreeze products provide temporary relief from minor aches and pains of sore muscles and joints associated with simple backache, arthritis, bruises, strains and sprains.
Blue-Emu Original Cream ($12 at Amazon)
This topical rub is highly effective in relieving muscle and joint pain. Blue-Emu combines the ingredients of Glucosamine and MSM with Aloe Vera and Emu Oil. Blue-Emu cream is an odorless, non-greasy, and deep-penetrating topical emu oil formula.
Muscle Roller Stick ($24 at Amazon)
Muscle roller sticks are known as the toothbrush for your muscles. I think something gets lost in translation there, but the point is made: it's meant to be used daily for short periods of time. What it does really well is find the trigger points in your muscles to relieve them and relax the muscle group.
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King Chiropractic Hand & Foot
6934 Market St
Wilmington, NC 28411