Nobody likes pain and it can occur in any part of your body, at any time. However, pain doesn't always originate in the spot where you actually feel it. You often get referred pain. This is when a spot feels painful but the pain is being referred from another point in your body.
For example, if you have neck pain, it may be caused by general muscle tightness in your upper back. If you have a massage, your upper back needs to be worked on as well as your neck, in order to ease the pain. If your neck is the only spot worked on, the pain may ease a little but it will return as the area causing the pain was not attended to.
If you are having a heart attack, you may get referred pain in your neck, arms and shoulder. If you have pain in your throat, that can cause referred pain in your ear. If you eat icy cold food, you may experience what's known as "brain freeze" and this causes a bad headache because the coldness chills your vagus nerve.
If you get referred pain from your spine, it's generally because a nerve or a nerve root has become compressed. Causes include:
- muscle spasms,
- disc problems,
- tumors,
- fractures of the spine, or
- osteoarthritis.
Referred pain is more common in older people but it can strike at any age. Trauma can cause referred pain for anybody.
Symptoms of referred pain from the thoracic and cervical spine include:
- weakness in the muscles,
- poor coordination, especially in your fingers and hands,
- tingling and/or numbness in your hands and fingers, and
- pulsing pain in your chest, arm, shoulders or neck.
Naturally, the actual location of symptoms will depend where the problem originates from. If you put your hands on your head, you may be able to temporarily ease the pain as this increases the amount of space between your cervical vertebrae.
When nerves become compressed, they cannot send out the same messages as they would normally and that's why you may get numbness and tingling. Other nerves carry "motor" function messages and, if affected, your muscles can become weakened and you may find it hard to coordinate your movements properly.
Diabetes makes pain worse because high and unstable blood sugar affects your nerves. This means you can suffer from referred pain more often due to nerve damage.
If you have pain:
- consult a physical therapist to help determine the exact nature of the problem and the best means to correct it.
- also consider your posture. Leaning over a desk all day, can cause additional pressure on certain parts of your spine, leading to compression if continued for long periods of time.
Pain of any type is unpleasant. If it's referred pain, it can be harder to treat and this is why it's essential you seek help to correct any problems before they get worse.
Type 2 diabetes is not a condition you must just live with. By making easy changes to your daily routine, its possible to protect your heart, kidneys, eyes and limbs from the damage often caused by diabetes, and eliminate some of the complications you may already experience. Maintaining a healthy blood sugar level means avoiding nerve damage.
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