The most common cause of tension headaches.

Why is the base of your skull important? Did you know that trigger points in the… suboccipital muscle group are the most common cause of tension headaches? With sustained poor posture, tiny muscles in the back of your head called suboccipital muscles can cause you pain. The occipital muscles are a group of muscles that are named [...]

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Muscle Knots, factors that keep you knotted up!

What are knots most people use the term to describe the sensation they get when they press their hand on the tense back muscles between the shoulders. Why are they ropey in the first place? The underlying cause for the tension are what is known as trigger points; hyper-irritable spots in the skeletal muscle that are associated with [...]

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Bursitis, why you may feel shoulder pain?

If you’ve been experiencing pain on the outer front side of your shoulder. It hurts when you lift your arm above your head. Could be swollen and may at times feel warm.  Those symptoms can mean you have “shoulder bursitis” see your doctor to confirm it. Shoulder bursitis occurs from repetitive motion in your shoulder and [...]

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