肩こり　高齢者

stiff shoulders

高齢になると身体のあちこちの不調に悩まされますね。中でも肩こりは多くの方が経験する疾患ですが、命に別状はないため、歳のせいだからと肩こりを放置する方が多いですが、肩こりのせいで、姿勢が悪くなったり、痛みが天候で左右されたりと憂鬱になることも多いです。肩こりの原因は、首や背中にある筋肉の緊張です。特に僧帽筋という筋肉は緊張しやすく、肩こりで悩んでいる方はこの筋肉がカチカチになっていることが多いです。筋肉の緊張が続くと、循環不良から肩にリンパがたまり丸くなったり、筋細胞などにダメージが生じて、ブラジキニンなどの発痛物質や、プロスタグランジンなどの発炎物質が分泌され痛みを感じやすくなります。この痛みにより交感神経が優位になりさらに肩が痛いと感じやすくなってしまいます。早期治療が早期改善つながります。鍼が苦手な方にはお灸とマッサージで治療しています

As people get older, they suffer from a number of ailments in various parts of the body. Stiff shoulders are one of the most common conditions experienced by many people, but as it is not life-threatening, many people neglect their stiff shoulders because they are too old, but stiff shoulders can also be depressing, causing poor posture and pain that is affected by the weather. Stiff shoulders are caused by tension in the muscles in the neck and back. The trapezius muscle is particularly prone to tension, and people suffering from stiff shoulders often have this muscle tickling. Continued muscle tension causes lymphatic accumulation in the shoulder due to poor circulation, which leads to rounding and damage to muscle cells, which in turn leads to the secretion of painful substances such as bradykinin and inflammatory substances such as prostaglandins, making it easier to feel pain. This pain causes the sympathetic nervous system to become dominant, making it even easier to feel pain in the shoulder. Early treatment leads to early improvement.