| No stiff neck remedies are as quick and effective as | | | | myself to stop severe neck pain from surfing. My |
| traditional Chinese self-massage and skin scraping. | | | | neck was so stiff I couldn't drive home and I had to |
| Anyone can learn how to do these techniques on | | | | turn my whole body to look at anything. One session |
| themselves and others, as Chinese people have done | | | | of skin scraping and 2 self-massage sessions stopped |
| for at least 2000 years. | | | | the pain completely. |
| How do I know this? I was an acupuncturist in | | | | Self-massage stops stiff neck by loosening tight, sore |
| Australia for 10 years and I treated many, many | | | | muscles and by improving blood circulation in the area. |
| people for neck pain. Some people had a simple case | | | | Skin scraping stops neck pain the same way but |
| of stiff neck over 1 or 2 days from sleeping the | | | | instead of using your hands, as in self-massage, you |
| wrong way or from work or sports. Others had | | | | use the smooth, rounded edge of a Chinese soup |
| chronic stiff neck of months, even years, duration | | | | spoon to scrape the skin and muscles of the neck |
| from bad posture, over use, stress and other | | | | and upper back. Skin scraping may sound painful, |
| factors. | | | | even ridiculous to some people, but it is a very well |
| Acupuncture is certainly one of the best stiff neck | | | | known home remedy for stiff neck in China and |
| remedies but you need a professional to do it and it | | | | other Asian countries. |
| can be costly at $50-$100 per treatment. | | | | Other objects can also be used to scrape the skin. |
| Self-massage and skin scraping also stop neck pain | | | | My favorite is the smooth, rounded edge of the lid |
| but the advantage they have over acupuncture is | | | | of a Tiger Balm jar. Tiger Balm is famous for all kinds |
| you can use them to treat yourself at no cost. I | | | | of aches and pains. I usually put some on the skin to |
| have used self-massage and skin scraping twice on | | | | lubricate it before scraping and to help stop pain. |