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Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 7:17 PM
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handling back spasms? Bothered me some on Wednesday and were less frequent until last night but agonizing off and on today.
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Asst Coach [837]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 7:19 PM
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Go to doctor get steroids. Take steroids. Problem solved.
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Game Day Hero [4402]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 7:20 PM
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This…and/or muscle relaxer. It’s gonna be too hot to be outside this week anyway just lay up and binge Netflix.
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Thought this was message from the mullah
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Jun 22, 2025, 7:19 PM
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Heisman Winner [84406]
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Re: Thought this was message from the mullah
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Jun 22, 2025, 7:22 PM
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Sure feel like a mullah!
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Ultimate Tiger [35046]
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steroids, opioids and marijuana***
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Game Changer [1705]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 7:29 PM
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Have you tried putting an ice pack or a frozen towel behind your back? My mom suffers from back spasms too. She always like to putt a frozen towel behind her back for the pain.
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Athletic Dir [1110]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 7:30 PM
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I got some steroid shots a few years back and I seem to be fine nowadays.
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Top TigerNet [32519]
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Back spasms are awful. Hope you feel better soon !***
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Jun 22, 2025, 7:31 PM
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Orange Phenom [14788]
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A theragun is a life saver when by back is killing me
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Jun 22, 2025, 7:35 PM
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also the muscle relaxers the others have mentioned.
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Ultimate Tiger [35802]
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I got steroid shots last year for severe shoulder pain.
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Jun 22, 2025, 7:39 PM
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But for me and other people I've talked too, the shots are only good for about a month or so. So you have to go back for shots periodically, or find a longer term solution. I had to limit certain activities, we're not in our 20s and 30s anymore.
allorangeallthetime52® struggles with back pain. He probably has some ideas. He talked about some new procedure a few months ago.
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Re: I got steroid shots last year for severe shoulder pain.
Jun 23, 2025, 1:43 PM
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But for me and other people I've talked too, the shots are only good for about a month or so. So you have to go back for shots periodically, or find a longer term solution. I had to limit certain activities, we're not in our 20s and 30s anymore. allorangeallthetime52® struggles with back pain. He probably has some ideas. He talked about some new procedure a few months ago.
The procedure they're talking about trying on me is called, (Intracept Procedure). What I have read about it is that they are having some pretty good results with it, but anybody that is having the amount of pain in their back as I have on a daily basis, they would be willing to try anything that may give them just a little relief of their back pain.
Honestly, I would chance having the procedure even if they told me that there was a chance that I would never wake up again bc living with the pain that I live with daily, it makes life not worth living. I'm about 60% incapacitated most days bc the pain that makes it very difficult for me to walk any distance, and that's after taking the pain meds my Dr gives me on a monthly basis...
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Valley Legend [12513]
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I find that lying on the floor and scooting my butt up to the couch
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Jun 22, 2025, 7:51 PM
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laying my legs up on the couch takes away all the pressure. It’s like being in traction.
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Re: I find that lying on the floor and scooting my butt up to the couch
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Jun 22, 2025, 7:58 PM
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I would never be able to get off the floor - could barely get up from a chair and barely walk when the worst spasm hit . Sneezed once & thought I was never going to be able to move again!
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Re: I find that lying on the floor and scooting my butt up to the couch
Jun 23, 2025, 1:46 PM
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I totally understand everything your saying, and people would have to live through it to understand what you're saying!!!
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 8:02 PM
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Try dead hanging. Works great for shoulders and back. I would wait until pain subsides and use hanging as a preventive. Pull up bar works great .
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Orange Immortal [63035]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
Jun 23, 2025, 1:48 PM
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I've tried inversion chairs and that don't work!!!
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 8:15 PM
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To make sure that the spasms are not triggered by dehydration or electrolyte imbalance, drink something like Gatorade.
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Heisman Winner [84406]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 8:47 PM
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Pretty sure that contributed to the cause
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Orange Immortal [63035]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
Jun 23, 2025, 1:51 PM
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LOL, you know nothing about what Clover is talking about. Old age hard work and over lifting during your life causes what Clover is talking about!!!
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Clemson Conqueror [11464]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 8:48 PM
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Foam roll and hydrate
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Orange Elite [5379]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 9:03 PM
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Ibuprofen ice back stretching.
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Orange Immortal [63035]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
Jun 23, 2025, 1:55 PM
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The pain that Clover and others are talking about, their pain would laugh at Ibuprofen!!!
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All-Pro [734]
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Hydrate and
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Jun 22, 2025, 9:16 PM
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Until you can get to doctor, I know Alleve says only take 1 or 2 max at a time but my doctor said you could go one more than that and it gets you like prescription level until you can get to doctor. Possibly just go 2 Alleve every 12 hours for a day and see if it helps. Alternate heat and then ice back and forth
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110%er [3803]
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You can try this OTC roll-on, seems to help me a little
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Jun 22, 2025, 9:50 PM
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Coming from someone who has had ruptured disc surgery, anything is helpful if it relieves a little.
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All-Conference [444]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 10:12 PM
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Get anti inflammatory meds like Celebrex from your doctor. Take them with Tylenol.
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Top TigerNet [31103]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 10:28 PM
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Take 3 Advil but not on an empty stomach and muscle relaxers.
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Rival Killer [2782]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 22, 2025, 11:38 PM
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Have you tried a tens unit? Lived with back pain for 25 years, had a three level lumbar fusion (ALIF) two years ago and don’t even think about it anymore. The tens unit and inversion table gave me the most relief.
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Orange Immortal [63035]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
Jun 23, 2025, 1:57 PM
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I have one of those they can have, it never done anything for me...
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National Champion [7866]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 23, 2025, 4:40 AM
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I suffered with severe sciatic pain for years which caused me to have to give up golf, which I played at a championship level previously. I tried everything, every kind of injections, treatments you could imagine with no results.
I began taking Gabapentin and bought an electronic stimulator the same week so I don't know which one did the trick but my pain was gone in a few days. If it recurs, I use the stimulator for a day or two and it always goes away. Never went back to golf but I work like a trojan around my property, lifting heavy objects, running chainsaws and machinery with no problems. The stimulator I bought was called NeuroMD and it absolutely gave me a new life!
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Orange Immortal [63035]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
Jun 23, 2025, 1:59 PM
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I also have a spinal cord stimulator implanted, it hasn't worked for me.
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Rival Killer [2782]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
Jun 23, 2025, 7:32 PM
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All Orange- I would highly recommend going to see Dr. Chris Brown at Duke Ortho. He’s a straight up guy and will be very honest with you. He’s one of the best ortho spine surgeons in the world. He also teaches at Duke and travels the world training orthopedic spine surgeons. If you can be fixed, he’s the one that can do it. People come from all over the country to see him. A friend of mine sells medical devices to Duke and directed me to Dr. Brown. He fixed my neck, my back, my brother’s neck, and my son’s back. I have referred several others to him and hear nothing but great outcomes.
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 23, 2025, 5:47 AM
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Sleep on a hard mattress. It basically fixed all of my back issues. No more stretches or ibuprofen.
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CU Medallion [18195]
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Jun 23, 2025, 5:58 AM
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Have you ever tried dry needle treatments. ?They relieve pain almost immediately. The Physical Therapist did a great job. Reduced my headaches and back and neck pain.
Praying for you. 🙏🙏🙏
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Orange Immortal [60027]
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Clover, in a month or so...AFTER you have tried all of these suggestions, and
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Jun 23, 2025, 6:11 AM
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hopefully one helps, let us know which one. This is the most health advice I have ever seen on Tnet. May prompt the creation of a new BOARD...LOL. Good luck....
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Re: Clover, in a month or so...AFTER you have tried all of these suggestions, and
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Jun 23, 2025, 12:21 PM
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Plenty of doctors on Tnet. We found that out during Covid.
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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The only 2 things I have around that really help relatively quickly are massage therapy and dry needling. I discovered massage therapy many years ago and that worked for a long time. Earlier this year I had some pretty severe spasms and my daughter recommended the physical therapy group she sees and I went there. They did the dry needling and I got some immediate relief. After a second treatment the spasms were pretty much gone. I’m still dealing with the arthritic hip but the spasms in my back are gone.
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Tiger Spirit [9616]
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e-stem/TENS unit
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Jun 23, 2025, 7:57 AM
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have given me great relief from back pain, even spasms
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The few times I have had them, I took flexeril.***
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Jun 23, 2025, 8:06 AM
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I also see a chiropractor once a month for routine maintenance. That has alleviate headaches and back spasm issues. When I do get them, I will get an appointment with my chiropractor as soon as possible. And, take the flexeril if needed.
If you need a chiropractor where you are, let me know.
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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I really feel for you clover65®, I have been dealing with back problems since jumping from a H-46 with both rotors engaged to investigate a stub wing fuel leak in the 80's. I have found lots of temp help with Tens units, massage, rehab exercises, marijuana pens, etc. The only long-lasting thing I have used is narcotics, but as my Dr has told me it is only a mask and you must be very careful. I have never been addicted to them or any other thing in my life excluding Scooter riding and Clemson team sports. Good luck man, I feel for you. BTW: I think the MJ pens worked the best but I was born in '47 and it makes me paranoid......"I think that a Trooper in my rearview"
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
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Same here, I have been taking pain killers since 2006 after I injured my back and I've never ren out before time, and I've never ask a Dr to give me more before it was time. I take a 100mg morphine tablet twice a day and 10/325 oxycodone tablets 3 times a day and they can't deal with the back spasms...
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Flexeril
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GO SEE A DOCTOR!!, don't use it for more than a couple of weeks, it should do the trick. I would also get a deep tissue massage in the meantime,
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Re: Totally incapacitated- anyone have suggestions about
Jun 23, 2025, 10:27 PM
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clover65® this sounds similar to what I went twice. Sorry you're having to go through this.
The remedies that work best will depend on the root cause. Also keep in mind that what works or does not varies from individual to individual.
In my case, I was having muscle spasms, and the back specialist I saw suggested I might have strained joints. The doctor prescribed the muscle relaxer methocarbamol. It did not help. For the first week or two I used ibuprofen every four hours up to the maximum daily dosage. It helped me the most, but I stopped taking it as soon as I could because it is tough on the liver.
In addition to the ibuprofen, I took the following daily:
Magnesium capsules (a blend of various types of magnesium for muscle support)
Glycine capsules (anti-inflammatory and other benefits)
Turmeric capsules (anti-inflammatory)
Glucosamine capsules (anti-inflammatory,joint support)
Soaking in epsom salt helped, but applying ice packs every two to three hours helped even more. The spasms stopped after about two to three weeks and the pain was completely gone after about 6-8 weeks.
I hope you can find some relief soon.
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