Hi..I'm new here and hoping someone will have some ideas what I can do to at least take the edge off my back and hip pain...

It's been pretty bad for the last few day...really don't want to take meds or have any more injections...

Does anyone have some home remedies or any ideas that might help?

I love your name and avatar. More info would help. What kind of pain? How long? What have you tried? Right now I'm suffering and not able to respond very well. I can suggest the simplest and most obvious........heat or ice, topical anti-inflammatory, topical lidocaine etc. Sorry, that's the best I can think of at the moment. If you give more info, you may get more responses.

Hugs and Best of Luck!

Hi shotspine... and thank you for posting...and am so sorry your not doing well. I was in an auto accident a couple years ago... plus I have autoimmune problems as well so I'm never sure what's causing the pain...

I've tried most of what you suggested the last couple of day but hasn't helped... I just want to at lease take the edge off...I was hoping maybe someone would have a new (maybe miracle) trick I could try.

Again... thank you so much for replying... you are so kind!

Just a thought......I'm not going to get into all my problems now but my screen name should give you a hint. Anyway, the last few weeks, I've had terrible pain in my left butt cheek and hip joint. I already take pain meds but they weren't touching that pain. Went to Doc and he said it was probably bursitis and scheduled me for cortisone shots. In the meantime, I started taking my anti-inflammatory meds (they kill my tummy so only take PRN)....in about 2-3 days, that particular pain dropped a lot. I also used lidoderm patches. Between the two, I got very good relief in that particular area.

If you have any anti-inflammatory meds and the lidoderm patches, hopefully you will find the relief I did.

PS I honestly thought my pain was from muscle, not inflammation. I've been dealing with CP for years and I couldn't tell the difference in this case.

You may want to post over on Spinal Disorders also. This is a brand new forum so stick around.......it will get much busier as time goes by.

Hugs!!!!

Welcome to this place........

Do you have access to water for swimming or floating....?.....

I have a shattered spine.....four different places.....
In the water is the only place I ever find relief....gravity dissappears....I have no pressure on my spine.....I can stay in the water endlessly.....

There really aren't any tricks....are there..?....wouldn't we have found them by now...?...

How about a lite touch massage.....

When I can't stand it anymore, and I feel like I am going to snap....I lean against my husband, and he runs his hands ever so gently.....with the easiest of pressure....up and down my spine.....it seems to pull the ouch right out of me..........

I will come back and read this posting....because I am, as eager for some miracle trick, as any one of us must be......

Blessings on us all.......
Hummer

Great to see you Hummer........

I like your therapy!!!!! As for the hubby's light loving touch, I can only imagine. My dog just can't get it, although I've sure tried to teach him.

Pool therapy.....absolutely. Sadly, I haven't done that in ages but remember it being the ONLY real relief for as long as I was in the water.

Magical tricks.....we'll all be waiting for that!!!

Blessings and Hugs to both of you!

Thank you Hummer... and oh my gosh you described it so well...I do feel like I'm ready to snap... the water trick... I'll have to try... I need some relief... even just for a bit so I can regain some of my sanity...

Thank you for the blessings shotspine... I so need them right now!

You both are so wonderful for understanding!

I'll be checking back here later also.

I think I keep trying things because what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another. Sometimes abdominal exercises help my back if I can do them. If I'm to flared I can't do them. He helps but so does ice.

I do take painkillers and muscle relaxers.

Sometimes the right better right chair to make a big difference. My back hurts really bad and the morning and went to set up its better, but it often wakes the up really early and keeps me from falling asleep so it's a problem, nevermind my worst pain is my legs keeping me from walking.

It's a struggle to find ways and not to aggravate the pain and I said to relieve it.

JD ~

Thank you so much for that tip about ginger! I have never tried it, but I'm going to! I hope it works even half as well for me as it did for you!

Love,
dadsgirl

I hope things get better for you soon. You will find a wealth of info here and some really great folks to boot!

I have hip and back problems too. Much like Wittsea. I have arthritis in my hip and spine and other things as well. My new doc put me on Celebrex, Flexeril, and Wellbutrin. Like you I am not a pill person. But I have to say after he crawled my @$$ about not taking my meds like I should I did it his way. I took them and boy did I feel so much better. I have since stopped them to see what the difference would be without them. Well looks like much as I hate it I am going to have to get with them again. The spasms get unbearable, my ankles, legs, and other areas are swelling again, my memory went to squash again too! So I guess he proved his point!!

But as said, things work different for different people. The miracle I guess comes for us all in being able to keep our sanity through it all. By the grace of God and my belief in prayer I have pulled through some rough spots. We all manage differently. The support and knowledge that we can come to places such as BT2 helps us to realize we are not alone in this. So keep coming back! We are all here to help one another along and it helps with the sanity as well!

Sheryl