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You can treat yourself to pain free living now!
You can learn the simple self treatment methods that work fast to help relieve chronic muscle pain, and what we consider to be the best alternative to addictive pain pills or painful surgery.
We know you can! Because,
"You are your own best therapist!" as Julie Donnelly always says. |
"Suffering from chronic muscle and nerve pain for over 30 years, a spinal surgery in 2008 that didn't work and only caused complications, doctors telling us there was nothing more to be done, we refused to give up hope and neither should you! We were blessed to find Julie Donnelly, founder of Julstro International, and by visiting us you are now receiving that blessing. We made a promise that if her treatment methods helped relieve our pain we would devote the rest of our lives to sharing Treat Yourself to Pain Free Living. Our gift to you is the knowledge that You can Live Pain Free Now! " - Dawna and David Smith - June 2009
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Muscles originate on a fixed bone in our body, cross over a joint, and insert onto a moving bone. It is important to understand that all muscles move from the insertion point going toward the origination point. It is because of the placement of the muscles that we can move, but when a muscle is in spasm, or is contracted we cannot move the joint it affects without pain. You can learn simple and easy self-treatment methods to help relieve chronic muscle spasms.
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Joint Pain | Nerve Pain | Tendonitis |
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Muscles originate on a fixed bone in our
body, cross over a joint, and insert onto a moving bone. It is important
to understand that all muscles move from the insertion point going toward
the origination point. It is because of the placement of the muscles that
we can move, but when a muscle is in spasm, or is contracted we cannot
move the joint it affects without pain.
Just as pulling on the end of your hair will cause you pain in your scalp, so too will a muscle pulling on the tendon cause pain at the insertion point on the bone. You can't stop the scalp pain until you let go of your hair, and you can't stop the joint pain until you let go of the tension in the muscle. Take a look at the graphic of the biceps muscle (left). There are thousands of fibers lying next to each other in straight lines. All muscles run in straight, or slightly curved, lines. The biceps originate at the front of your shoulder, cross over the inside of the elbow, and insert onto the forearm. When the biceps contract your forearm moves toward the shoulder. |
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The muscle at the back of your upper arm, the triceps (see image at left), originates at the back of your shoulder, crosses over the point of your elbow, and inserts onto the forearm. When the triceps contract your straighten your arm. |
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In order for either of the muscles to
fully function, the opposing muscle must completely stretch (see image at
left). If the biceps (A) are contracting, but the triceps (B) are not
stretching, you will only move as far as the triceps will allow. Likewise,
if the biceps are held in the contracted state by spasms, you will not be
able to full open your arm. In either case, you will lose strength because
the muscle fibers are unable to move at their optimum performance level.
When a person feels weak, they often think it is necessary to strengthen their muscles , but the truth is they need to release the spasms and stretch the limiting muscles. Exercise and weight training without doing very specific treatments to release the muscle spasms, and stretch the muscles, will only continue the painful cycle. |
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Nerves travel from the spinal cord,
through openings in the vertebre of the spine, and then out to muscles and
organs. When a nerve passes through a muscle it can become impinged as the
muscle goes into spasm. This will cause you to have pain, numbness,
tingling &/or weakness in any of the muscles that are innervated by
this nerve.
For example, a spasm in the scalenes can cause pain to be felt in the upper back, chest, across the shoulders, down the arm and into the forearm (see image below). A common burning pain that is felt in the center of your back, along the shoulder blade, may actually be caused by a spasm in your neck. You can rub your back all day, but until you treat the spasm in your neck you will never get rid of the pain.
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Nerves also pass alongside muscles. For example, the median nerve, which gives feeling to the hand, runs between strong muscles in the forearm. If one of these muscles shortens from repetitive strain, you will feel pain and numbness in your hand and wrist. You will rub your hand, shake your hand, and put all your focus of attention onto your hand and wrist, but the source of the numbness is in your forearm - or even as far away as your neck. This same situation happens all over the body, it's called reflective pain, which means that pressure or damage to a nerve will refer pain to a different area, usually where the nerve ends. |
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Muscles merge into tendons, and tendons
attach to moveable bones. The system is beautifully designed, until there
is a shortening of the muscle from a spasm or contraction resulting from
repetitive use. When this happens the shortened muscle pulls on the
tendon, causing it to pull away from the bone. This is most clearly
demonstrated in Achilles tendonitis, but may occur anywhere in the body.
The two muscles of the calf, "gastroc" (short for gastrocneimus) and soleus both merge into the Achilles tendon (see image above). The tendon then inserts into the back of the heel. When the muscle contracts it pulls the heel up off the ground, allowing you to stand on your toes. The calf muscles must contract in order for you to push off with your toes as you take a step. When either, or both, of these muscles are shortened by spasms, they continue pulling on the bone even when your foot is flat on the floor. You are straining the tendon, causing it to overstretch and become inflamed at the insertion, or even to tear from the bone. The pain becomes so severe that unless the two muscles are stretched you will not be able to walk without pain. Frequently a person is given heel lifts to try to "bring the ground up to the heel", however, it is more logical to release the spasms, stretch both muscles, and "bring your heel down to the floor". Many people know how to do one of the calf stretches - the one that stretches the gastroc. However, most people don't know how to stretch the soleus, as a result the calf is never fully stretched, and the painful cycle returns
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