Hi April, I have trouble with those same pressure points and what has helped me is a massage of that area especially right on that point. I know someone said it makes them hurt worse and it does at first but after you have massaged it gently it helps to break up the toxins stored there. According to my chiro that is and by my experience. My hubby is not very attentive so I bought a massger at Walmart that has two heads on it and now I can do it myself and on any pressure point I need to. I have also found that after doing that if I use the Ben Gay vanishing scent it will keep that pain away for about a day and then I have to massage and apply again. If I don't take care of it the pain will spread into my chest and on and on. Also, they say after massaging the toxins out that you must drink plenty of water to wash those toxins out of your body. Jusy my two cents, hope it helps you. Mary Liz
thanks thats really helpful, do you find it feels tender when you press shoulder? also does your pain move around day to day? one day my neck hurts then other day my wrists and arms?thanks again, love april x
Hi April,yes I do find that things seem to move around alot. I always say that fibro has a mind of it's own and that is why I can't plan alot of things. Everything feels tender to me when the pressure points hurts, you bet. you know something that helps me is a heating pad but with moist heat only. dry heat just seems to warm the spot but doesn't get down in there. If you don't have a heating pad that will allow you to use their spongelike thing provided in the box when you buy it then you might try a hand towel or kitchen towel, soak it and wring it out. Then place into the mircowave and heat up for approx. one minute, be very careflu when removing it from the nuker cause it will be steaming hot inside and underneath. when it becomes a bit cool enough to handle you can lay that on your should or lay down and place it in between your shoulder blades. The only drawback with this is that you have to keep heating it and with a heating pad you don't. You could one towel for longer in the nuker and keep in a plastic bag until the first one cools off. Some heating pads don't provide a sponglike thing and say to dampen a towel and slide it into the case on one side of the heating pad but you would have to read instructions to be sure. I was leary at first for fear of electricution lol. Now that I've done it so many times it's no worry at all, there aren't any loose or uncovered wires so it's safe. I hope this helps ya a bit and that you feel better soon. Mary Liz
Older Sis is right as I too massage my points, I just didn't want anyone to really injure themselves from my info. The pain does seem to travel around the body from day to day.
I have also found that a Theracane works well for rubbing out the sore spots. Looks like a heavy duty S&M billy club, but it works great by yourself. I too have a non-massaging husband.
ah shame on him! my fiance is a massager as long as he not tired. I know i might of asked this before but does this sound like fibro too or any one suffer similar. Most of time my aches are legs and arms, sometimes my wrists ache as if its arthiritis, sometimes they lock up when i grip tightly. Some days they are fine, they feel like ive got pulled muscles today on palm of hand between thumb and index finger on both hands, any comment will be appreciated, thanks x x
thanks thats really helpful, do you find it feels tender when you press shoulder? also does your pain move around day to day? one day my neck hurts then other day my wrists and arms?thanks again, love april x
ah thats good! not that you have pain but that its similar to mine. I went to docs today and she said nothing they can do just sit and wait for neuro, she doesnt think ive got any thing progressive as my pain is varied and changes day to day. I mentioned fibro and she had heard of it. Do any of you have seizures?
ah thats good! not that you have pain but that its similar to mine. I went to docs today and she said nothing they can do just sit and wait for neuro, she doesnt think ive got any thing progressive as my pain is varied and changes day to day. I mentioned fibro and she had heard of it. Do any of you have seizures?
How strange this "disease" is! One day it's my hip hurting, the next it's my knee or shoulder...I could go on and on! (I have never had a seizure that I know of)
Hi guys.....some days my hands hurt.....feels like I slammed them on cement......some days it's my elbows.......some days I feel like I laid cement all day and mixed it by hand and poured it. I do have alot of arthritis......I get hard swelled areas on my elbows and neck and knuckles swell. At least the doc said it was arthritis ?? I have it in my neck and back and hips from bad njuries when raceing horses. (have exrays and MRI) But sometimes I wonder about the rest......do you get swelling or ends of joints enlarged and sore as heck ?? Even my toe knuckles swell. My back never stops hurting....sumtimes I think I AM goin crazy !!!! I think it's so wierd when mixing cookie batter HURTS like it was solid rocks. I do work out to try and stay in shape and keep things in line......for all these years I thought it was supposed to hurt and everything feel strained or sprained while doin so. I wish I had a hot tub.....I'll have to say that felt GOOD !!! Pam
Hi Pam,
I can relate. I tried to make pancakes for my son and I the other morning and the batter took me so long to stir and by the time I was done it felt like I WAS mixing cement. Ugh.
Ha-ha-ha......I use a mixer alot of times and RUIN stuff cuz it's not ment to be mixed like that.....dries out the batter or something. But.....I get tired of hurting myself makeing cookies....even lifting the darn cookie sheet out of the oven HURTS.....good grief. I feel like such a pansy !! Since when does replaceing the toilet paper roll hurt......sheesh !Pam
Hahaha "Pansy"!!!!
I called myself that yesterday when I couldn't open a jar of peanut butter. I was raised by my father in my early years, he taught me sit up straight, shoulders back, how to box, how to make stew and he taught me to be independent, but he never taught me how to ask for help.
I have to admit, that is the hardest part of all this, for me, is learning to ask for help.
Ditto!!!!! I get so sick of myself sometimes. It's really bad when I can't open a pop can or anything. Or write out a check. But I am getting better at figuring out ways to get around things or use tools to do it myself. But I'm also learning to ask for help. I'm not super religous but I am spiritual so I figure maybe my life long super stubborn independence is meant to be challenged at this point of my life. So I'm trying to be more gracious about asking for and receiving help.
I'll have to remember the mixer thing. I could use the blender to make pancakes now that I think of it. - Andy
