Now that you have located your pelvic floor muscles, you can exercise them even when you do not have to urinate (pee) by following these simple steps: Tighten and hold your pelvic floor muscles for five seconds (count 1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, 3 one thousand, 4 one thousand, 5 one thousand).
Any injury near the root of a nerve can result in pain at the end of the nerve where sensation is felt. An injury to the vertebrae or discs in your neck can cause pain, numbness, or weakness in your shoulder, arm, wrist, or hand because the nerves that extend out from between the neck provide sensation and allow for movement in these areas.
Lesions of the T1 dermatome often cause pain in the upper midback - around the shoulder blade, sometimes to the front of the chest, and down the inner upper arm. Deep upper back pain. Tingling in arms and hands is not the only sensation that may be caused. You may also have numbness, weakness and arm pain. The pain is of a deep aching nature, and can be very severe, and is often worst at night. Placing your arm on your head, the so called Shoulder Abduction Relief sign, or making a windmill motion with your arm may relieve the tingling in arms and hands. For more information about neck pain anatomy or the affect of neck pain and tingling in the arm on society, click on these links.