Re: Suggestion for muscle relaxer/and other alternatives

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>Ellen wrote:

>My shoulder was throbbing in pain around 3am...I think from driving so long 

too go see my dad, 76. He is, by far, in better shape than I.

>I started to half the Robaxin/muscle relaxer as it makes me dizzy and 

nauseous, even with a meal. Flexerill stopped working for me.

Hi Ellen

I have found that the best muscle relaxer for me was Baclofen, and

Christy already posted that it comes in a cream. That sounds like

a safer way to use than something that can make you dizzy.

Here are some other ideas, I hope at least one of them will

help you.

Have you tried stopping more frequently to walk around, and move your

shoulders. Driving or being in one position causes so much muscle stress,

but I don't have to tell you that!

Is your shoulder pain chronic, that is worse under stressful activity,

such as driving?

If this is chronic have you had a full work up and then physical

therapy? I hesitate to give information about exercises if you have

a spinal or other problem.

Below are multiple kinds of ice/heat shoulder wraps. Most of them

are disposable. I have never used any of these, so I cannot guarantee

anything.

http://www.icewraps.net/shoulder-ice-wraps.html

My daughter spends many, many hours online for her job and

her shoulder wrap has been a blessing. I will ask her which

kind it is.

Be very careful with any of the stick on chemical heat wraps/patches

they can easily burn your skin.

Maybe you can pick up something for your trip home. Buy

from a store you can return it to one like it at home. This way

if you don't like it, you won't be wasting money.

Kaylene

PS

This is general over view about shoulder pain, that has many good ideas

further down on the page.

http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/shouldersurgery/a/shoulderpain.htm

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>> Ellen wrote:

>

>> My shoulder was throbbing in pain around 3am...I think from driving so long

> too go see my dad, 76. He is, by far, in better shape than I.

>

>> I started to half the Robaxin/muscle relaxer as it makes me dizzy and

> nauseous, even with a meal. Flexerill stopped working for me.

> Kaylene wrote to Ellen:

> This is general over view about shoulder pain, that has many good ideas

further down on the page.

>

> http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/shoulder surgery/a/shoulderpain.htm

Ellen,

Kaylene made some great suggestions but I needed to mention that my shoulder

pain is generated from my C-Spine so if you have problems with your C-Spine it

might be involved.

I have a bulged disc in C-4 , C-5 and when I sleep on my left side wrong, I will

wake up with numbness in my little finger and ring finger and shoulder pain. You

can check on an internet

search under cervical spine dermatones and they show what cervical spine level

causes symptoms in the body. I think C-5 and C-6 is the shoulder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatome_%28anatomy%29 explains dermatones.

I came across these you tube songs of physical therapy classes singing and

dances the dermatomes and teaching the spinal dermatones cervical spine,

thoracic spine, and lumber spine, sacral ilac joints. You gotta watch them, I

wish I had these for my three anatomy classes and they also do the whole anatomy

system (the cranial nerves is good also, I just had a saying I had to make up)

These are just two I like that printed the functions of the spine with the

identification of where they effect by showing in dance. Made me smile and hope

you feel better.

Amazon.com has a lot of heat/ice should wraps, I like the thermalon as they can

be heated in the microwave and put in the freezer and reused. Thermaderm can be

bought in the stores and are temporary, the heat up and last eight hours but are

a quick fix when you need them. Bennie

You tube videos on dermatomes (students singing and dancing using it as learning

the subject)