mike and i went camping and he went fishing four days at least twice a day.
so he comes home and moves the airplane in our hangar to get the rv and boat back in.
now he's flat out in bed and can't move. i mean he's got pillows under his knees, is taking momentum. he can't even get up to sit on the toliet...
have you got any suggestions to help? he's suffering...
he's got a lot of scar tissue from being wounded in vietnam and it makes things worse.
Posted by dmc (Member # 5102) on :
Oh how awlful. I suffer w/lower Back Pain. Only thing that works while in spasms is cool packs. Helps the inflamation. I use ice for 20mins on then off for awhile, the 20 mins on.
The 2nd day I can use heat but find I prefer ice/cool paks.
best wishes for speedy relief.
Posted by kitkat32 (Member # 9682) on :
Oh dear, I hate when I suffer with this.
I end up having to call my doctor and he calls in some muscle relaxants for me. It's the only thing that starts to ease the pain.
I know how your hubby feels. I can't move at all when it happens. Getting out of be is the most difficult.
kit
Posted by just don (Member # 1129) on :
Under same circumstances,,,only way i spell relief is-- Chiro--practer,,they helped me more times than I care to admit!!
AND a sleep number bed doesnt hurt either,,,IF its his lower back mostly on rising in morning,,TRY puting pillows between legs ALL night,,miracles do happen!!!
Posted by Just Julie (Member # 1119) on :
The thing about muscle relaxants (like Flexeril) is that you need/must take them with an anti-inflammatory at the same time to get the maximum results. I did not know this when I first had my first back spasm/injury.
No one told me, not my primary care doc (who prescribed the flexeril for me) not the doc in the box who renewed the flexeril for me.
Why are docs these days so stupid? My primary, who first prescribed the flexeril, and saw me in such agony when I had my first back strain injury actually prescribed the flexeril in too low a dose. What a dumb bell. I did not look up the drug on the internet, but I wish I had, since I took the stupid drug at too low a dose, and concluded that it didnn't work, and stopped taking it.
When I had my 2nd back strain injury (a year later) I so wanted to take SOMETHING to make it go away, or even ease me down off the ceiling of pain, but I didn't think of taking the Flexeril again, because it didn't seem to work the year before when I first took it.
Someone asked me if I had taken some Aleve at the same time I took the Flexeril, and I said, no, no one suggested doing that. Well, that's the combo that works, and it works well. But, you have to take the correct dose of the Flexeril, and you have to take the Aleve at the same time. Muscle relaxant, plus anti inflammatory for the first 3 days, and you are up and functioning again.
I did take both these drugs, like someone mentioned to me, and it worked. I was astonished.
So, Flexeril, plus Aleve, first 3 days of agony, and you will see relief. I did, and I wish I'd had this info during my first back injury. Sheesh. dumb docs. All around.
Posted by 1rosepedal (Member # 15653) on :
After having 2 back surgeries including a spine fusion, I can totally relate to back pain.
What worked/helped me when in pain was a combination of ice for 15-20 minutes, taking a short break, then using a heating pad for about 10 minutes.
I would keep repeating that cycle while taking about 600mg of aleve every 4 - 6 hours.
When he tries to get out of bed, have him roll onto his side, put his legs over and sit up. This I still do.
I've tried flexoril, but don't like it. It gives me a huge hangover. If he is looking for a good muscle relaxer, I like "Soma". No hangover with this one.