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interesting website on pain management
« on: August 30, 2012, 04:08:35 PM »
Stumbled across this website randomly:

 http://www.resolveyourpain.com/blog/forward-head-posture-tightness-in-the-pectorals-and-sternocleidomastoid/

I have it linked to a particular article about forward head posture but there are also many more such as the connection between shin splints and the arches of your feet, scoliosis, kyphosis, etc.  Very cool!

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Re: interesting website on pain management
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2012, 04:21:16 PM »
an exercise i used to do - but not so much anymore because im lazy - is to pretend your head is being held back by a piece of string. basically, hold your head up high, but try to avoid bending the neck or back, just the head.

a pain specialist showed me that.

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Re: interesting website on pain management
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2012, 04:28:42 PM »
Thanks.  Btw, how long until you can sleep on your side / just sleep normally again?  I know you have to sleep upright for a while due to swelling and the HA grafts...

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« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2012, 04:45:45 PM »
Thanks.  Btw, how long until you can sleep on your side / just sleep normally again?  I know you have to sleep upright for a while due to swelling and the HA grafts...

2 months.

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Re: interesting website on pain management
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2012, 04:51:49 PM »
2 months.

Thanks. When that time comes, I'm gonna work on my sleeping position (I've read side sleeping with a pillow between your thighs is ideal).

Also, how is breathing through your nose?  Better than pre-op?  Did you have any nose breathing issues pre-op?  Arnett is gonna be doing a septoplasty for me during surgery so im hoping for an improvement there + an end to my mouth breathing.  I wonder how long until i would be able to use a neti-pot/nasal irrigator after surgery?  Sorry for all the questions!  :p

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Re: interesting website on pain management
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2012, 04:58:41 PM »
Thanks. When that time comes, I'm gonna work on my sleeping position (I've read side sleeping with a pillow between your thighs is ideal).

Also, how is breathing through your nose?  Better than pre-op?  Did you have any nose breathing issues pre-op?  Arnett is gonna be doing a septoplasty for me during surgery so im hoping for an improvement there + an end to my mouth breathing.  I wonder how long until i would be able to use a neti-pot/nasal irrigator after surgery?  Sorry for all the questions!  :p

i never had any nose breathing problems, i just naturally breathed through my mouth - im assuming because of my open mouth and jaw issues? in any case, ive been breathing through my mouth less, but i still do it without realizing it sometimes. my lips still don't seal 100% yet. i had a small airway, does that encourage mouth breathing?

immediately post-op, my nose was stuffed up with dried blood. at the office gunson/arnett have a tool that can suction out whatever is trapped in your nose, but that's not till your next appointment (usually the following tuesday after surgery). you're allowed three doses of affrin i think, one my nurses was sort of belligerent and gave me another dose even though i told her i didn't think i was supposed to have any more doses.

i dont think gunson/arnett want you shooting anything up your nose. at least that's the impression i got. i was more distracted by my sore throat (multiply scratchy throat by 1,000) than breathing problems. not sure if arnett does it but gunson likes to empty the stomach i believe after surgery is done, and the tube used scratches the throat?

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Re: interesting website on pain management
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2012, 05:33:49 PM »
Thanks for the info!  How long did the sore throat last?

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Re: interesting website on pain management
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2012, 07:09:59 AM »
you should look up upper cross syndrome

good article, describes me PERFECTLY my pecs and scm are gridlocked

http://www.resolveyourpain.com/blog/c4-c5-c6-c7-cervical-disc-pain-resolving-chronic-neck-problems/
is good, ugh, i need to stop sleeping on my side

http://www.resolveyourpain.com/blog/my-neck-is-killing-me-part-1/

makes me feel better, it emphasizes how mid-low trap weakness causes neck pain.  i have zero mid-low traps
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