What's good for continuous aching joints and back?

Question

I've tried Iboprofin, celebrex, tylenol, etc. Most of this stuff is hard on stomach. Painfull to walk and excersize. Tired of living in pain. Any success with anything out there?

Answer 1

I know how you feel. Try going to a pain specialist and/or a rhuematologist. The pain specialist can implant a device that electorically helps control pain or a pump that automatically dispenses medication for continuous pain relief. A rhuematologist can test you and make sure that you are not dealing with a form of rhuemotoid arthritis.

Answer 2

See a chiropractor (if you are not used to them it will take at least a few visits to have all the adjustments hold) and a massage therapist to help improve faster.

Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

Answer 3

This could be because of muscle fatigue or dehydration. Try exercising all parts of your body. It also sometimes is due to disuse atrophy. Try out some home remedies. You can also look for information in the web that give you home remedies. I found this website very useful. http://aches.in/cramps.html

Answer 4

You are unnecessarily and unknowingly taking medicines. First confirm it isn't RA. Do RA and ESR tests. If RA test is positive it confirms but if it is negative and ESR is high then it is RA of negative type(we name it).
There is no treatment (medicine) in this world to treat RA! You will have to take pain killers(which kill the patient and not the pain) lifelong.
Our recent research has enabled us to treat RA without medicine with 90% success, but you will have to come here.