When you have a headache or neck pain, you might not think that your jaw could actually be the cause. However, the temporo-mandibular joint, or TMJ, could be the reason you are suffering. The TMJ is the hinge-like joint connecting the jaw to the skull. It enables the jaw to move up and down and from side to side, so that you can laugh, talk, chew and yawn.
Read moreSeries: Grief and heartbreak. Article 5 of 6 - Pain and Anger
If you have parted ways with the love of your life, you are probably thinking that it is the most painful thing that has ever happened to you. Of course, there are many worse things that can happen to one, but when you are going through a breakup, nothing else seems to matter except the pain that you feel.
Read moreHOW NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING AND HYPNOSIS CAN RESOLVE THE SYMPTOMS OF TENSION MYOSITIS SYNDROME
Many are constantly battling with back pain that conventional medical interventions of drugs and surgery cannot resolve permanently. These interventions scarcely work because, contrary to popular opinion, pain is not always a manifestation of physical injury or structural abnormalities. When you feel pain, especially in the upper and lower back regions, though you should consider conventional interventions, they should however not always be your first option because pain syndromes involving the back many times have psychological bases - the explanation for this led to the coinage of the term Tension Myositis Syndrome.
Read moreSeries hypnosis for chronic pain: Article 2 of 3 - Sciatica
Sometimes chronic pain can have an obvious cause such as a broken bone, torn muscles or ligaments, osteo arthritis, or cancer tumours. However, chronic pain can happen anywhere in the body, and if it happens in the lower back area of the sciatic nerve, may result in chronic pain. Unfortunately, people with severe sciatica that is also associated with significant leg-weakness, might be candidates for surgery to help relieve the excruciating pain from the nerve damage.
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