OH My Aching Back, Why Do I Hurt #1

As a Nationally certified Neuromuscular Therapist, I can tell you that I see people with various aches and pains ranging from regions like the jaw to the very common neck, shoulder and low back areas. I am frequently asked “how did I get that knot?” In fact, I am asked that so often that I decided to write up a series of response articles.

First, allow me to explain a crucial and often overlooked element. When a back goes out, it was not the result of bending over to pick up something like a cup of yogurt that had fallen out of the grocery bag. I used that example because I had that happen to me many years ago. Who knew that that little eight ounce cup of Breyer’s low fat yogurt could cause days of agonizing pain and limited ability to move – even to the bathroom?

The real culprit there was the muscular dysfunction that had built up over time from repetitive use and improper body posturing, emotional stress, trauma, etc such as marching for years carrying a snare drum and slinging an extraordinary heavy book bag over my left shoulder instead of evenly distributing it over both. What can I say besides the fact that I loved the drumline. It also wasn’t cool to wear the backpack – no matter how heavy – over both shoulders. Muscular dysfunction limits not only our range of motion in the affected muscle, but also leads to it spreading to neighboring muscles and even muscles with opposing functions, otherwise known as antagonists.

What’s worse is by the time that muscle pain is actually felt without being palpated, trigger points are usually involved and possibly accompanied by nerve entrapment. A trigger point is a knotted, contracted section of muscle tissue that refers pain in that region or even another region of the body. For example trigger points in the gluteals muscles can refer into the low back area. These knots can often be felt when touched, but quite frequently they are deep; they are perhaps even several layers of muscular tissue beneath the skin.

Palpation of these knots is difficult and requires working through the upper or superficial layers of tissue. It is not unusual for it to take many sessions of neuromuscular treatment to finally reach the “mother knot” or the primary knot that is the root cause of other knots, dysfunction and pain. Myofascial stretching techniques incorporated into the massage aids in unwinding the connective tissue and is also very effective in bringing the deep painful knot up to the surface. This greatly speeds up the therapeutic process which reduces the number of sessions needed for pain relief, saving the client time and money.

As a reminder, just like a strong immune system defends while a weak one falls prey to such things like the common cold, as it is with muscular health. If I hadn’t already had muscular dysfunction to begin with, that little cup of yogurt wouldn’t have dealt my back such an excruciating blow.

About the author: Tonya M. Tronco, NMT, LMT, NCTMB

Hi, I am a nationally certified massage therapist and former instructor licensed in GA. I hold certifications in Swedish Massage, Chair Massage,l Neuromuscular Therapy, Medical Massage and Bowen Body Reset Levels I and II. I also do basic reflexology and energetic work. I am currently working out of Kennesaw Massage Envy. The contact number for appointments is 678-213-3689.

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2012 Confusion?

Gregg Braden : Fractal Time 

Is there any thing that We can do to prepare for 2012 or even Second Coming of Christ?

There is a lot of information on the upcoming December 21, 2012 winter solstice. Many are predicting doom and gloom while others are saying that it is a time for change and a brand new harmonious world.  Others still are going around spreading the news about upcoming armageddon and the return of Christ. Gregg  Braden, in his books even offers the possible explanation that both are  possible scenarios that may exist at the same time.

Well , what is the truth? What seems to be the likely story of truth? Should we all just start living in a cave deep in the side of a mountain so we hopefully avoid any possible catastrophic geological shifts?

Well, first I can’t possibly tell you what to believe as much of it is highly religious in nature or at least very spiritualist. Even if for someone that is not the case surely it has been noticed  that there are a lot tragic stories in the world today. Not to mention the ‘S’ word; Stress, which is also at an astronomical level. All of this coupled with fear adds to the palpable tension of doom and gloom and impending war.

Secondly, I personally am not going to hang out with spiders and snakes to avoid a possible Tsunami or rain of fire. What then, am I going to do?

Meditate, pray and smile. In other words keep my vibrations and spirits up. Do I know for sure what is coming up? No, but I can control the way I handle the normal day to day things that come in my life including the flooding of my home city this past week in Atlanta, Georgia. Rain was coming down everywhere, I have never seen so much rain. For days, about two weeks it rained hard. the last two days were different. The rain was absolutely crashing non stop to the point where it seemed a bit unnatural if you know what I mean. Water seeped under the window casings to pool into a large puddle in the middle of the lobby at the massage clinic where I work in Kennesaw, Georgia. The parking lot was covered in large patched of ankle deep water and the rain kept coming. There was talk of schools closing so I called my husband to pick up or son. Through all of this deluge, and yes it rained and stormed all around me, I was at peace. I did not once think that there was any danger, and for me there wasn’t. We live near two small lakes and there was no flooding even though just about a mile or two away the flooding was an issue. Was I just lucky or did I do something different from others? If I did do somethin different from others did it create a miracle in my life or spare me from a very unpleasant experience? That I have no direct proof on and will remain a mystery, but as for the former I did do something  that at the very least changed the way I saw the events unfolding around me where I live, work and take my son to school. 

What did I do differently from others that lived just a few miles from my point and certainly no further to the lakes than I did? I prayed and meditated specific types of prayers with high emotional charges. Normally when people pray it is a matter of just reciting a prayer learned by rote memory or just reading something out of a book, without feeling. In order to heighten your awareness of your connection with God or whatever you call the Supreme Creator of the Universe, feeling is necessary. Emotions are supreme transmitters and connectors to whatever it is that your are visualizing. So no matter what is foretold is going to transpire in 2012, I am going to emotionally meditate and pray. This is getting to be a bit long so I am going to break up the information and trust me it is a powerhouse. There is more to come on this subject so stay tuned.

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Who I Am

My name is Tonya and I am the founder of Adamaenterprises, named after my son. Adamaenterprises is committed to instructing and informing the world about all aspects of prosperity including the best products on the market to make money at home and thereby foster financial freedom. In today’s economic times many of us can not rely on our jobs any longer. Consumer debt is plaguing the rest who can still collect a steady paycheck and have job security. Something has to be done for fianancial freedom. Internet marketing is my tool that I will help spread with the world.
When I first started getting interested in internet marketing, I was amazed at the number of scams and frauds out there. People waste thousands of their hard earned dollars on things that just don’t work! I myself got sucked into scams, one of which is making $15 for every rebate I processed plus opportunities to make even bigger money. It is a very big name that offered this. I even got a lot of emails from them first. So I decided sure, why not earn some extra cash. Childcare isn’t cheap.
Well after clicking on the link and giving the company my credit card information, I went to download the software because I was eager to get started. The link wouldn’t let me through unless I also bought some other garbage, and then still no link to download the original program. Customer service wasn’t even available except for some little e-mail blurb but no phone access unless you wanted to dial outside of the country. I did get the other garbage but it didn’t even work. Need less to say I was very frustrated.
I created this website in an effort to not only educate people on the right way to make money on the internet, but to also warn people of the dangers and scam artists they may come across.
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