Friday, March 7, 2008

How to Get Rid of Lower Back Pain

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Dealing with pain in your lower back? There are things you can do to ease your discomfort.

Steps

Find out what is causing the pain. Pain is your body's way of telling you something is wrong. Go to a physical therapist, doctor or chiropractor and explain the pain.
Realize that some lower back problems are caused by bad posture. A physical therapist or a chiropractor can help you learn correct posture.
Learn safe & effective stretches to improve flexibility, take pressure off of joints and make good posture easier to maintain.
Learn to stabilize the low back using leg and abdominal muscles.
The most common cause of lower back pain is weakened Abdominal muscles which can be created by tight hip flexors and erector spinae muscles. To stimulate the weakened Abdominals rub your inner thigh as there is neuro-lymphatic reflex there which increases the strength of the muscle - combine this with abdominal exercises (not sit-ups) and the Abdominals will strengthen. Stretch the Hip Flexors and the Erector Spinae before you do the Abdominal exercise. This will strengthen the low back although you may need to get the lower spine moving freely also for permanent relief.

Tips

If you have chronic pain, see a physical therapist,MD and lastly a chiropractor.

Use the internet to search for self help lower back help, using muscle stretches, muscle strengthening and joint mobility techniques you can use at home.

Warnings

There are folks out there looking to make some money off of your suffering. Choose your alternative healthcare provider carefully.

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Trail Rooms and Two Way Mirrors

Trail Rooms and Two Way Mirrors

Beware.

Have you seen recent advertisement of M/S SAINT GOBAIN GLASSES shown in TELEVISION'S - Then you must have known about 2 Way mirror)

How to determine if a mirror is 2 way or not ? (Not a Joke!)
Not to scare you, but to make sure that you aware. Many of the Hotels and Textile showrooms cheat the customers this way.

HOW TO DETECT A 2-WAY MIRROR?

When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc.,
How many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a 2-way mirror I.e., they can see you, but you can't see them. There have been many cases of people installing 2-way mirrors in female changing rooms or bathroom or bedrooms.

It is very difficult to positively identify the surface by just looking at it. So, how do we determine with any amount of certainty what type of mirror we are looking at?

CONDUCT THIS SIMPLE TEST:

Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail,
then it is a GENUINE mirror.

However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, IT IS A 2-WAY MIRROR! (There may be someone seeing you from the other side). So remember, every time you see a mirror, do the "fingernail test." It doesn't cost you anything. It is simple to do.

This is a really good thing to do. The reason there is a gap on a real
mirror, is because the silver is on the back of the mirror UNDER the glass.

Whereas with a two-way mirror, the silver is not on the surface. Keep it in mind! Make sure and check every time you enter in hotel rooms.

Friday, March 7, 2008