Sos Relieved My Back Aches Posted: 05-23-05 00:19am
I'm not someone with any serious spinal
injury, the only thing wrong with my back
is a mild case of scoliosis, an old third
degree burn in the small of my back and a
job that involves lots of lifting,
carrying, bending, pushing and pulling. I
work in a cold store for a food
distributor. I try and lift things
properly but frequently come home aching,
sore and twisted by muscles that have
knotted up or slipped out of place or
something.
I was having a moan about it to a friend
recently when her flatmate overheard us
talking and she showed me something called
an sos headache which is sort of a rubber
bowl with a flat bottom and knobbly bits
at one end. She said that she used it to
help her relax and to treat her migraine
headaches but that it was also good for
manipulating your own back muscles.
I tried it out up against the back of the
armchair and after a bit of experimenting
I started working the knobbly bits into
the muscles that were sore, it works
really well. Because you can use it as
hard or as soft as you need and work it
right into the spots that have knotted up
you can actually get all of your back
feeling nice and loose and comfortable.
By the time I was finished I felt like i'd
had a really good massage but i'd done it
for myself! Exellent!
I sent off to get one of my own via the
internet and have now been using it
whenever I need to.
It's also saved me heaps of money that
would have gone into a chiropractor's
pocket.
