Great Ways to Injure Yourself: Sources of Pain in the Body, How they Happen and What to Do
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This is a straight forward look at the most common, "every day" injuries and pains that tend to present in the offices of doctors, physios and other manual therapists.
Carol writes in a light hearted, clear style. Medical terminology is explained simply and some of the most obvious reasons for pain are illuminated. Headaches, knee pain, and back pain are common to many people. This book helps you to pinpoint what's hurting and why.
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Great Ways to Injure Yourself - Carol O'Connor
General Disclaimer: This book is not a diagnostic tool. However, it is a way for you to understand a little more about common injuries. Please refer to a physician, osteopath, chiropractor, or physical therapist who is qualified to make a professional assessment and carry out an appropriate treatment for you.
There are many excellent references on the internet, but be careful that each exercise or stretch you do does not further exacerbate your condition. Consider the age and fitness of the one demonstrating, and compare it with your own.
Introduction
So many people have pain.
It is not from catastrophic injury that the majority of people suffer their pain, but in the small things that we do to ourselves on a daily basis, and on simple (that is, apparently trivial) body mechanics and injuries in childhood that begin to take hold and bind us into discomfort as we age.
The first break point is in our 30s, where slight twinges can be felt. Hangovers take longer to dispel and we begin to realize that we need to start taking care of ourselves. At this point, many turn to the gym and harsh, exhaustive workouts so that we can prove to ourselves that we are still strong, still vibrant. During this time, there is generally a lot of stress in our lives with marriage and a growing family, or career and the need to earn well and keep the new roof over all of our heads. Working out hard can help take our minds off these things, and provide some euphoria from our endorphins.
Then come the 40s where there are often crises of various kinds. Injuries from our teen years come back to haunt us because, at the time, they didn’t seem significant and we bounced back from them so easily, without fuss or bother, or rehab or self-care.
At this point, the gym may still be calling us, or life may just be too busy and so we slip, preferring rest and comfort over a hard workout. We may attempt exercise in fits and starts, or at the weekend as part of family activities. Family and work stress increases during this period and self-doubt might creep in. There are theories that bind chronic back pain with emotional stress.
One thing is certain: we’re not always certain where the pain is coming from or why it is there. But I haven’t done anything,
is often uttered in frustration.
What follows here is a little anatomy so you know a bit about the commonly injured structures in the body, and a little run-down on what the injuries are actually doing to our bodies. Some pain is not from injury but ongoing mechanical faults, such as terrible posture, falling arches, scoliotic curves or inflammation of some sort. Without getting too technical, we’ll have a look at a few of these.
There are no magic bullets to fix them. First try more conservative, natural
approaches before you consider strong medications or surgery, because these are also not magical and their side effects can be far reaching and damaging.
Look to your diet to see if there are vitamins or minerals missing that could help joints, muscle, or connective tissue health. Nutritional imbalances can often result in physical symptoms. Look to body work such as massage (my personal bias), osteopathy, chiropractic, physiotherapy and to other practitioners who have a high degree of training in physical manipulation.
Surgery is always there as a last