Italian range of active pain relief garments, which alsoincludes long socks

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A common cause of shoulder pain is soreness of the tendon of therotator cuff (the part of the shoulder that helps circular motion).It could also come from the subacromial bursa (a sac of fluid underthe highest part of the shoulder), resulting from lifting your armswhile playing a sport or to carrying a heavy load.

The rotator cuff, which keeps the shoulder steady as the arm moves,is made up of four muscles that surround the arm bone. This cuffkeeps the shoulder steady as the arm moves.

Computer-related injuries such as Repetitive Strain Injury, CarpalTunnel Syndrome and Cumulative Trauma Disorders have become IToccupational hazards. The blame has been placed primarily onfactors inherent in the workstation design that contributes totissue microtrauma (wear and tear).
Active rest, special range-of-motion exercises, even resistanttraining with weights may be recommended, if a doctor hasdetermined it's not a serious injury.

Try this simple exercise: Bend over and rotate your shoulder inlarge circles so as to avoid the serious complication of rotatorcuff injury, as in a frozen shoulder. Then use light dumb-bells inresistance exercises, graduating to resistance training with freeweights or weight machines.

You can also perform the Alexander Technique which teaches you howto improve your posture and perform all your usual activitieswithout unnecessary tension. It can be applied to sitting,standing, walking, lifting, speaking - to whatever you do duringyour day. There's a whole manual written on it by Richard Brennan.

Massage, acupuncture and reflexology may also be resorted to forshoulder pain, but this means taking time off to make appointmentsand spending money.

If you don't want to bother about doing exercises, takingpainkillers, massaging your shoulder and neck with medicated creamand lotion or using a searing hot (and painful) capsicum plaster,try wearing a shoulder cover with back support made from a specialTexenergy fabric woven with copper, zinc and silica fibres.

I have been wearing this garment that covers my shoulder up to myupper arms, and stretches a little up the neck for the past week,while working at the computer. It makes me sit up a littlestraighter (no slouching!), and actually helps relax my shoulder,as I go about my computer work.

I have worn it under a shirt and gone shopping, and while glancingat my reflection on a glass window, notice that my back is a lotmore straighter.

Another good side-effect which the garment unintentionally bringsis the uplift it gives to your breasts, and a nice cleavage too, asthere is band underneath it. So you may wear a softer bra, withoutunderwire!

The pain that I usually get from sitting too long at the computeris gone. In time, I hope my fat upper arms will be slimmer, and theskin smoother.

This is because of the microcirculation that is boosted from thecombination of the copper, zinc and silica fibres in the activefabric called Texenergy Dol which the shoulder cover is made of. Itgives the benefits of electro-magnetic effects when in contact withthe skin, helping to get rid of fat and cellulite.

Copper and zinc provoke biostimulation to restore microcirculationand help remove accumulated liquids and fat. Copper is a goodconductor of heat, and stimulates a micro-current when worn. Silicaprotects the skin by keeping it naturally healthy.

Twenty years ago, a bodysuit made of this Texenergy fabric wastested in hospitals in Italy for pain therapy, initially for painin the hips and back.

Then its slimming effects was detected, as well as its ability forgetting rid of cellulite.

This Italian range of active pain relief garments, which alsoincludes long socks, knee guards, ankle bands, elbow bands, footcovers, gloves and muscle warmers, aid in various painfulpathologies, treat localised edema and inflammatory arthropathiesand help the wearer recover joint functionality. They are availablefrom Panmedic Sdn Bhd in Petaling Jaya.

Driving long distance always results in shoulder pain for me. Ican't wait to test this shoulder cover on a journey back to Ipoh.

In the meantime, I have been a couch potato wearing it, and I feelgood.
The New Straits Times/Asia News Network
This story was first published in The New Straits Times on July 21,2008.