As awesome old man winter graces us with his presence, we are more likely to spend increased amounts of time indoors avoiding him. In doing so, germs are spread more easily, transferring from your home to your office and back again, creating an even more unpleasant winter. The major illnesses making their rounds are flus and colds, luckily both are preventable.

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To relieve neck pain caused by slumping posture, you should first lengthen out the front of the neck. The easiest way to do this is to lay on the floor, and place a rolled up towel right under the top of your back (Between L1 and L2). The towel should be thick enough, so that it allows the front of your neck to fully lengthen out. Lay in that position for five to ten minutes. This exercise is great for people that work on the computer or drive a car a lot. Another way to relieve this type of neck pain is to massage each side of the neck.

A tens muscle stimulator or  electronic muscle stimulation machine (EMS) is a small device that you attach to your skin via self adhesive pads. A small low frequency electric impulse is then transmitted into the muscle which provides stimulation and causes the muscle to contract. The electrical impulse replicates the signal that the muscle would receive from the brain to contract or expand.

TENS, which stands for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, is a treatment givewn by a physical therapist to reduce and limit pain. It does this without using any type of medication. The unit sends an electrical current through wires, which are attached to electrodes on the skin. The current is sent from one electrode to another, passing through the outer skin without causing harm. TENS feels a bit like pins and needles, though the intensity can be increased or decreased for comfort.