My body feels stiff: what can I do to relieve the stiffness?
When your body feels stiff, it is a sign that things are not going well. They are unbalanced. It’s just a mild sign. But if you pay attention at this stage and find out the cause, then you can prevent further deterioration.
How do you do that?
First look for the reasons why you developed the stiffness. These are the events in his life just before the first signs. For example, a gardener or farrier may have a stiff back after doing a lot of bending work that involves heavy lifting. Someone training to run a marathon may have a stiff body from exertion.
Stiffness does not always come from overexertion or injury. It can also come from being cold, not eating a balanced diet, taking medication, or a host of other reasons unique to you.
If you can see a connection and take the proper corrective action, this is likely the best cure for your stiffness.
However, the cause is often not so obvious, at least not to the untrained mind. So the next best way to take corrective action is to carefully examine your symptoms.
- Is your stiffness worse in the morning when you first wake up?
- Does stretching make it better or worse?
- What about the application of heat or cold? What is more useful to you (discounting the numbing effects of ice)?
- What about the movement? Are you like a rusty gate, stiff to get going, but better once you’ve “greased the wheels”?
These are just a few suggestions. The list is endless, as each individual will have their own “symptom picture”, a collection of symptoms.
Once you can clearly see what your body is expressing, you will be in a great position to use some of the common homeopathic remedies found in most prescription home kits.
Homeopathy is a powerful yet gentle form of natural and comprehensive health care. It’s also a very flexible form of medical care where you don’t need to know much to be able to use some of the common remedies in the comfort of your own home.
And all comprehensive home prescription kits will include some common remedies that can help most people with body stiffness.