I hate that they ruin a perfectly good (and wonderful) word like "hug" to use it to describe this VERY common symptom. I usually take baclofen if I haven't already taken my max or the day, I also lie down and put a heating pad directly across my chest. Fortunately I also always have valium on hand, and that works great (usually 5 mg is enough for me).

NOW how about we start calling it the MS Grip?