Visco Alex (EN) — Neck Pain Handbook

Neck Pain Handbook краткое содержание

Neck Pain Handbook - описание и краткое содержание, автор Visco Alex (EN), читать бесплатно онлайн на сайте электронной библиотеки Lib-King.Ru.

The Neck Pain Handbook discusses everything you need to know about neck pain, including its causes, how to treat it yourself, when its time to see a doctor, and what your doctor can do to help. Most importantly, it discusses how you can prevent neck pain, so that once your pain is gone, it stays gone.Neck pain is increasingly common as more of us work in offices that make it unnecessary to move from our computers and desks. Major topics discussed include a discussion of why the neck is one of the most common areas to develop pain as the result of our increasingly immobile lifestyle, and how pain is rooted in the necks complex anatomy and function. With this information, it becomes clear why the strategies for dealing with it are recommended. These include:the importance of good posture while sitting, standing, walking, and sleeping;setting up your workplace for optimal comfort and support, to prevent injury;a simple and effective 10-minute exercise program for your neck, including stretches and strength training, that will help to take away the pain and keep it from coming back;medical options when improving posture and simple exercises dont help;a discussion of the symptoms that mean a physician should be consulted; andthe approaches that will be used if medical intervention is needed.In addition, for the 10-20% of people with neck pain that does not respond to conservative therapy, the authors discuss in detail options such as medications, injections, andrarely neededsurgery