A New Trick

Now for the past few days the pain up and down my spine and arm has been both getting better and worse.  The sharp, make you want to cry pain has faded but the steady throbbing pain has increased.  Yup.  So much fun.  And the arnica works wonders for it.  But I'm taking a lot of arnica just to keep it to a dull throb.  And new pain is showing up because of how I've adapted my movements to compensate for the original pain.  Yuppers, the fun of muscular and skeletal pain teaming up.  Today I figured out a much more affordable way to handle it.  And, surprisingly, it works really, really well for me.

Most folks who have kids have heard about putting Vicks Vaporub on their feet and then covering the feet with warm socks.  I've used it for my Munchkin many times.  And once or twice for myself.

So this morning I had a brain storm.  Instead of Vicks, I used Tiger Balm.  There are no words for the relief.  The pain is not completely gone, which is good, because I will still get warnings about bad movements.  But it is down to the dull throb that I can handle.  In addition, it allows me to move without the "compensation" movements for one area or another.  This will allow all the muscles to settle down.  Even better, one treatment was good for 4 hours for me.  

Feeling sooooo much better.