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.

Welcome!
It's damp, drizzly, and dreary here, so the pain level is up here too--I'm gonna wait to hear that magic trick too, k?

I use the old stand by: alternate heat and ice, and alternate Ibuprofin and Tylenol every 4 hours along with my regular meds and hope for the best.

That's about all we can ever do is hope for the best......

I hope your (and everybody's) pain gets better!

Hugs,
Jan

I use a myriad of pain management tools. I mentioned ginger to you in chat...and that helps some pains no matter in what form you use it.
Rest is important. I had to learn to say no, and to shut the world out at times...even when I felt I just HAD to get something done... nope. At other times it is distraction that helps...engrossed in a computer game or good book...if the pain lets you read.

Chronic pain means your body isn't able to counter it on an ongoing basis,imo. I hope you review trying to find pain med that works for you. They have many newer ones that came out for MS but found that others can be helped too...

Watch your diet, as a healthy diet helps the body fight the pain...and if you have any type of arthritis pain, a poor diet can add to the pain.

Trigger point work/pressure helps me too... I use tennis balls to do this.

I would also suggest learning self hypnosis, as to be able to dissociate some from the pain is wonderful! (Which is a bit of what you do when you lose yourself in a distraction
Hope you feel better soon!

S'cuse me! um...Hi!
Could you tell me about the ginger please? I don't go to the chat rooms at all, and I've never heard about ginger helping pain. I'll try anything. Thanks in advance!
Hugs,
Jan