Do you guys hold your stress in your neck and back? Oh God, do I. I can’t figure out how to tone it down during the day without walking around smelling like tiger balm. Its not quite the same as White Tea and Ginger…
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Get an osteopath to sort it out. Couple of clicks and you'll be right as rain.
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rain is never right 
try hot water :k:
and tiger bal doesnt smell that bad u know 
wel, unless your a girl 
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those guys charge you so much, I might as well donate my spine to them for medical research.
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You should do stretches like rolling your shoulders, stretching your chin to your shoulder, chin to chest and ear to shoulder ..... or similar neck exercises. It helps alleviate a bit of the tension. Also, folding down in your chair so that your body and arms are hugging your legs works for me too. Make sure to roll your shoulders though. You should do these exercises in the shower and hold each position for a few minutes if you can. The position you sleep in at night makes a huge difference.
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get involved in some kinda of athletic or indoor games and try to AVOID it then to CURE it :)
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Intense aerobic exercise is great for reducing stress, tons of empirical evidence behind that, so try that. Practically free anyway.
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Get someone to massage it after work and again before bed. Nothing feels better.
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OK PCG try this
Sit on the floor with legs stretched in front of you
legs are together, feet touch
palms on thighs
spine straight
like a ballerina, raise arms slowly first to shoulder level, stretched straight in front of you
then gracefully bring them overhead
bend backward several inches to firm abdomen
slowly, gracefully, bend forward
Keep arms outstretched
hold knees securely
Knees do not bend
neck is relaxed, head bent forward towards knees
hild knees firmly and draw trunk down as far as possible
forehead is aimed towards knees
Elbows bend outward (very important)
Knees straight
At this point you will feel the spine stretching
do not strain too much
try and hold your extreme position motionless
hold for twenty seconds
and then slowly staighten to the upright initial position
Repeat 2 times
I will give you one more exercise tomorrow and further movements for this one. This is called Paschmottan aasan (or back stretch) and is for strength and flexibility of your spine. Tomorrows exercise will relieve all stress from you back musles but you have to prepare it first for the next aasan. Hope I have explained it properly.
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PCG, get in touch with Helena at the Origins Spa at Chelsea Piers in NYC. She is damn good. 
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PCG - I get the worse backaches. Because I am older, I have some arthritis in my back, but what I found is that milk and milk products will make my joints in my back and neck ache very much. My mother came across an article about milk intolerance and she showed me and I tried cutting milk out of my diet. Cooked milk doesn't count (in a receipe, I mean). Maybe try this for a week and see if maybe this could be the problem. My back used to seize up so bad, but now it just aches a bit. Never hurts to try.
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My shoulder/upper back area hurts like hell atleast 3-4 times a week :(
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My whole back hurts 7 days a week. :(
I swear to god. Had some physical therapy it helped
a bit at the time.
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Contacting a physical therapist (chiropractic) may help....call 'em! they often give good advices over the phone (without having to go to them).
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maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan !!! how come so many ppl get this spinal prob includin my dad but he got it due to alot of streching and molding wagera wagera .
i heard GEEEK get back probz most of the time :D
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You sound to be her good friend…give her proper advise to carry her stOOPid head on her drooling shoulders properly…and ya…maybe there might be some brain inside the head which has gone all ultapulta…but still its doubtful if she has one!!
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Mods, please delete this thread... its corrupting my young mind.. everytime I see this thread.. i read 'Back Passage!!' :(
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Sounds like your dirty mind was corrupted long before this thread. Sicko 
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Oi sicko yourself ... its how your mind reads things. nothing to do with whats in your mind!
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^^^ mem, I worry about you!