Personal Training Manchester specializes in one-to-one fitness training which is based in South Manchester. This realizes how precious time is now days, so it’s better for your fitness trainer to come to you where training sessions can take place at your own home. Personal Trainer Manchester motivates you to keep going to the gym and to stick to your healthy food. They also make sure that you’re doing the right sort of exercises, and doing them properly. The philosophy of Personal Training Manchester aim is to help you permanent lifestyle changes, make positive and therefore encouraging health and fitness.
All North West Personal Training is a Manchester Personal Training company run by experienced Personal Trainer Liam Thompson. North West Personal Training Manchester can help you lose weight, tone up, build muscle, improve posture and health or just get fitter.
Our Personal Trainer in Manchester is based at Fitness First in Manchester City Centre and South Liverpool. We are located next to St Peters Square Tram Stop in the heart of the city and opposite the Midland Hotel. North West Personal Training Manchester are also available for personal training in your own home if you live in Manchester City Centre and can also provide personal trainers in South Liverpool.
Personal Trainer Manchester makes sure that you’re doing the right sort of exercises, and doing them properly. Liam is based at Fitness First in Manchester City Centre and is also available for Personal Training clients in their own homes in the vicinity of Manchester City Centre and South Liverpool. Liam has been working in the Fitness industry since 2000 and has helped many people achieve their fitness and weight management goals. Liam specializes in weight management, muscle toning and core stability and also has an avid interest in corrective exercise which can help you improve your posture and your efficiency of movement.
Archive for July 12th, 2010
Personal Training Manchester
What is the Best Pillow for a Pinched Nerve in the Neck?
Ice therapy can be an effective pain reliever- Applying an ice pack to the upper shoulder and neck can help to decrease the muscle spasm and provide an analgesic effect. Another great help is traction for the neck. One way to accomplish this is with a special support cushion called the Soothe-A-Ciser. Basically, you lie back on this cushion with your head hanging, looking up to the ceiling. The Soothe-A-Ciser works to alleviate neck pain by working to restore the natural curve of the neck as you lay over the pillow. The Soothe-A-Ciser Neck traction cushion uses the weight of the head to gently stretch the upper chest and anterior neck muscles, restoring the natural curve in the neck. Another idea is to use a home traction unit such as the Pronex Pneumatic traction unit, another great neck stretches that gives gentle neck traction to the cervical spine. Sleeping on a good cervical support neck pillow is also important to make sure that the head and neck are aligned properly while sleeping. The Cervical traction neck pillow accomplishes traction and support in one neck pillow.
I would also reccomend neck exercises to our friend. If done correctly they can increase your range of motion, mobility and strengthen the cervical spine. As you increase the mobility in your neck, you will notice greater range of motion and movement with less stiffness. These neck exercises are very simple actually: they involve flexing your head forward (bringing the chin to the chest), extending the head (looking up to the ceiling), laterally flexing (bringing the right ear to the right shoulder, and the left ear to the left shoulder), and finally rotation (turning the head from side to side). The best time of day to do these exercises is first thing in the morning. It is important to hold each stretch for at least 15-20 seconds. They can even done in the shower with hot water hitting the neck and upper back area.
Finally, it is important to address the muscle spasms that creating a very tight upper back and shoulder area. There are few good solutions for this. A massage can be very beneficial- especially deep tissue massage that works the upper trapezius and cerivcal paraspinal muscles. You can work on muscle spasms also by using a home tens unit. Tens units are often battery-operated devices that sends electrical impulses to certain parts of the body to block pain signals. The electrical currents produced are mild, but can prevent pain messages from being transmitted to the brain and may raise the level of endorphins (natural pain killers produced by the brain). Using a tens unit followed by ice can be very benefical. Also, using a natural pain relief gel like Biofreeze can help to break up trigger points and provide soothing relief.
Well did he listen? Not sure exactly. I think the Hot Sake helped him a great deal- it definitely relaxed him and he forgot about his “pinched nerve” for at least a few hours.