back pain remedies

Allergic 2 Life · 11-16-2020, 06:52 AM

Hey guys!

Dave Miles · 11-16-2020, 07:25 AM

Hey man. Sorry to hear about your back pain. I’ve got TMJ and looking for remedies as well

Evan · 11-16-2020, 07:30 AM

well if you haven't tried massive amounts of weed, then I guess I'd say.. uhhhhh not opiates at all. other than that... IcyHot, and some naproxen bro.

Kane · 11-16-2020, 09:22 AM

If it's lower back pain due to sitting/some injuries/being inactive, which I assume would be the cause for most people here, it's likely the tightening of your lower extremities. Stretch out that psoas muscle regularly.

Allergic 2 Life · 11-17-2020, 06:15 AM

I dont know what I did to bung up my back but lots of stretching seemed to work. thankfully this isnt an on going thing!

Gorosaurus · 11-17-2020, 07:34 PM

It's our stage of life, Allergic. For the first time in my life I "pulled" my back out earlier this year. Just lifting a gas can caused a "tinge" that sent me to the floor. Just awful.

I don't have any prevention techniques that you don't already know--theoretically stretch before exercise and have a balanced diet. It's just our reality that this creeps up more and more.

For 'cures,' I recommend naproxin sodium to the legal limit. The magic bullet that spared me a lot of pain was a muscle zapper thing-- it sends electric pulses into muscle groups. It's as close to a night and day difference as I have ever experienced with an affliction (excepting Afrin, which is just magic).

Thus, if you pull your back out and can't move, have one of those muscle zappers ready. They won't cure the pain but they will improve you back to, say, 40% or even 60%, instead of the 3% you'd get just getting through it normally.

Evan · 11-17-2020, 09:54 PM

naproxen is gold

Anthropophagus · 11-17-2020, 11:10 PM

Daily stretching designed for your back will probably help a lot. I got fucked up back pain a few years back that was debilitating. Nothing helped until I began stretching. It went away entirely after a few weeks of that. Then I stopped stretching and it never came back, so I have no idea wtf even happened in the first place but it felt like I needed surgery. Literally unable to bend over, so painful I almost threw up a couple times.

topztehboi · 11-18-2020, 04:05 PM

im hunch back so i get some back pain once in a while

Happyjuice · 11-18-2020, 04:07 PM

Get one of those foam back rollers. They seem kinda gay but they're actually pretty good

Gorosaurus · 11-18-2020, 04:55 PM

No way. Those work? Huh

Allergic 2 Life · 11-19-2020, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthropophagus

Daily stretching designed for your back will probably help a lot. I got fucked up back pain a few years back that was debilitating. Nothing helped until I began stretching. It went away entirely after a few weeks of that. Then I stopped stretching and it never came back, so I have no idea wtf even happened in the first place but it felt like I needed surgery. Literally unable to bend over, so painful I almost threw up a couple times.

Jesus tap dancin.... Yeah, I will definitely keep up with the stretches it seems to work the best for me.

Allergic 2 Life · 11-19-2020, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Evan

well if you haven't tried massive amounts of weed, then I guess I'd say.. uhhhhh not opiates at all. other than that... IcyHot, and some naproxen bro.

A bit of green always helps with any situation i would say!

Allergic 2 Life · 11-19-2020, 03:36 PM

A lot of good recommendations in this thread BTW. Ill remember for when the next one pops up. I say WHEN because Goro is right... its that time. Lol

11-16-2020, 06:52 AM	#1
Allergic 2 Life Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 11,459	back pain remedies Hey guys!

11-16-2020, 07:30 AM	#3
Evan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 5,819	well if you haven't tried massive amounts of weed, then I guess I'd say.. uhhhhh not opiates at all. other than that... IcyHot, and some naproxen bro.
Evan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 5,819

11-16-2020, 09:22 AM	#4
Kane Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 1,096	If it's lower back pain due to sitting/some injuries/being inactive, which I assume would be the cause for most people here, it's likely the tightening of your lower extremities. Stretch out that psoas muscle regularly.
Kane Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 1,096

11-17-2020, 09:54 PM	#7
Evan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 5,819	naproxen is gold
Evan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 5,819

11-18-2020, 04:05 PM	#9
topztehboi Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 505	im hunch back so i get some back pain once in a while
topztehboi Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 505

11-16-2020, 07:25 AM	#2
Dave Miles Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 10,236	Hey man. Sorry to hear about your back pain. I’ve got TMJ and looking for remedies as well

11-17-2020, 06:15 AM	#5
Allergic 2 Life Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 11,459	I dont know what I did to bung up my back but lots of stretching seemed to work. thankfully this isnt an on going thing!

11-17-2020, 07:34 PM	#6
Gorosaurus Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 16,146	It's our stage of life, Allergic. For the first time in my life I "pulled" my back out earlier this year. Just lifting a gas can caused a "tinge" that sent me to the floor. Just awful. I don't have any prevention techniques that you don't already know--theoretically stretch before exercise and have a balanced diet. It's just our reality that this creeps up more and more. For 'cures,' I recommend naproxin sodium to the legal limit. The magic bullet that spared me a lot of pain was a muscle zapper thing-- it sends electric pulses into muscle groups. It's as close to a night and day difference as I have ever experienced with an affliction (excepting Afrin, which is just magic). Thus, if you pull your back out and can't move, have one of those muscle zappers ready. They won't cure the pain but they will improve you back to, say, 40% or even 60%, instead of the 3% you'd get just getting through it normally.

11-17-2020, 11:10 PM	#8
Anthropophagus Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 5,997	Daily stretching designed for your back will probably help a lot. I got fucked up back pain a few years back that was debilitating. Nothing helped until I began stretching. It went away entirely after a few weeks of that. Then I stopped stretching and it never came back, so I have no idea wtf even happened in the first place but it felt like I needed surgery. Literally unable to bend over, so painful I almost threw up a couple times.

11-18-2020, 04:07 PM	#10
Happyjuice Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 11,573	Get one of those foam back rollers. They seem kinda gay but they're actually pretty good

11-18-2020, 04:55 PM	#11
Gorosaurus Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 16,146	No way. Those work? Huh

11-19-2020, 03:36 PM	#14
Allergic 2 Life Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 11,459	A lot of good recommendations in this thread BTW. Ill remember for when the next one pops up. I say WHEN because Goro is right... its that time. Lol