Rapid Rehab LA Pilates Based Physical Therapy Brentwood California

Acute neck pain isn’t nearly as serious as chronic neck pain. When neck pain is acute it will disappear quickly and without much intentional effort. The body will naturally become less inflamed after the irritated area has time to heal. When neck pain is of more concern is when the pain has lasted for longer than three months. A pain that remains constant without any recovery is called chronic.

There are a few recommended treatments for neck pain. Medication is the “quick fix”, which will dull the pain but not heal it. Chiropractic visits have been used; physical therapy, and even acupuncture are also options for those seeking relief from the pain.

Pilates based rehabilitation does not only relieve the pain, but it begins the healing process from the inside out. One constant recommendation for neck pain, all across the board, is active recovery. Letting an injury remain in its state will not perpetuate change. Physical therapy does focus on the injured area allowing for stimulus within the neuromuscular circuitry of the neck, but the main difference between physical therapy and Pilates is the approach to treatment.

Whenever a muscle comes under stress there are reasons why that injury took place. Sometimes an injury does happen instantaneously from an outside force, such as a car crash or is sports related but more often than not an injury is years in the making.     Pilates uses its innovative approach to exercise to retrain faulty patterns of movement that have created divots in the landscape of our health. Sleeping on one side of the body, slight spinal abnormalities, and poor posture could all be the potential culprits for neck pain. Without changing the behavior that caused the injury, healing will only be temporary.

Pilates uses each muscle surrounding the injury and even recruits areas not affected by injury to rebalance an off-center pattern of movement. While its strengthens the stabilizing muscles within the body, a safe haven “bed” of sorts is created. Within this “bed” seeds of injury prevention and correction can begin to grow. Once you can change the way your body moves, you can begin to not only heal an injury temporarily but also remove the situational matter in which fed the promotion of the injury in the first place.

The eight basic principles found in Pilates rehabilitation is: alignment, relaxation, breathing, concentration, centering, ease of movement, coordination, and endurance. When the body can begin to re-train itself to accept these eight principles it instinctively begins the healing process. When the correct muscles do the work, there is a lower chance of overuse or weakening of the muscles. This imbalance within the body is what causes injuries in the first place.

Stress is an indicator of mental-muscular imbalance. With a neck injury, stress acts as the evidence of an outside force causing tension within the muscles surrounding the central nervous center. This can be solved through Pilates-based rehabilitation. When body movement flows, the strain of everyday stress is melted away and replaced with a higher ability to handle stress and allocate energy, not to mention heal the injury in a safe and timely fashion

Headaches tend to be extremely commonplace in today’s society. What isn’t as common is an understanding as to why these headaches occur. While some headaches, neck stiffness and general head discomfort can stem from stress; however there are quite a few other issues that can add to the problem. If the potential causes of these problems are not identified and corrected, pesky headaches can later turn into acute or even chronic neck injuries.

The neck acts as the connector between our mind and our entire being. Where the spinal cord meets the brain, an encasement of flexors, extensors, rotators and lateral flexors is found. Within the house of the neck, all planes of movement can be achieved, making it unique. In the framework of the body, the neck tends to be one of the more sensitive areas and often bears the brunt of stress. The old saying “a pain in the neck” rings true, but neck pain is usually an indicator of another underlining problem.

Most people blame stress for their neck injuries or headaches. When our muscles tighten in the jaw, neck and at the base of the neck, stress does accumulate. Whenever a muscle is tight, whether it is a large muscle group or a small one (like the longus colli, capitis and infra hyoid flexors found in the neck), stiffness can lead to injury. Some neck pain and headaches can stem from soft-tissue dysfunctions like TMJ, but stress isn’t the only factor in neck pain causes.

Neck pain can happen due to an awkward sleeping position, poor office stature, poor functional posture at home or at play or even a pinched nerve within the spinal column. When poor posture is to blame, the position of the head is greatly compromised and will gradually move forward.

With each inch that the head moves away from the line of the body, an additional 10 pounds of force is added to the neck and upper back muscles.When the range of motion within the neck is limited all other movements are affected. Neck injuries tend to be serious, because the neck serves as the “ball” in the body’s “joint” of movement. Most physicians tend to treat headaches, or neck pain with medication.

However, medication can only mask the problem and not “fix” the instigator of the pain. Because of this, postural education needs to be reintroduced to the body; joint mobilization concentration needs to be practiced, as well as implementation of an upper body-conditioning regime. The symptom of the pain needs not to only be diagnosed, but it needs to be treated. Through routine movement and conditioning this can be made possible.

Neck health isn’t usually on the top of the list for people trying to get “into shape”, however what isn’t realized, is how the neck can dictate the entire health, flexibility, and efficiency of the body. Pilates based-rehab is the perfect combination of control and gentility when neck pain becomes an issue in the quality of everyday living.