inthroughthesunroof:

thebibliosphere:

In my experience, right about the time you start thinking you should maybe go to see a chiro/physio, you should have started going a few years before 😛

I’ve had issues with my neck for the longest time, and I always attributed it to having a desk job and always being at computers. (And it certainly does not help my situation.) But it never once occurred to me that that in of itself was reason enough to seek some level of professional care.

We are often trained to ignore our discomfort and pain, which means we often ignore the early warning signs that something we are doing is detrimental to our well being. Whether it’s something we’re doing at work, something that happened a long time ago, or we just need a general tune up for our mental and physical well being.

It doesn’t have to be worse than it is for you to seek care.

You are allowed to get treatment of some kind before it gets worse.

Do you have a place near you that does professional massages? Sometimes chiropractors will offer those services too (or have someone on staff who is trained in body work). I’d suggest starting with something like that to see if a professional massage helps to release the muscle tension. It won’t be a one off event though, usually it can take about 6 weeks of treatment to see real benefit and for your body to take to what is being done to it—so don’t be upset if you don’t get immediate relief from something. Best of luck, and take care ❤

The best way I know to find a good physical therapy/massage/chiro/please-fix-my-pain person is to find the nearest thing to a professional athlete and ask them who they go to. In a rural area that may be the ballet teacher. Personal trainers are likely to know who’s been able to help their clients too. It’s almost certainly okay to hit people up on Facebook out of the blue to ask if they have a rec – IME people are thrilled to spread the gospel of the People What Can Actually Fix The Thing.