Back pain can be treated with topical agents or you can use systemic medications.  The latter can often cause side effects (a problem avoided by topicals) and they usually include drugs in the following classes:  Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID’s) or COX-2 inhibitors, muscle relaxants, antidepressants, that raise the body’s level of serotonin and norepinephrine, weak [...]

Posted on May 19th, 2008 by cher
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Hands-on therapies involve treating your regional pain without prescription medications or invasive procedures.  There are three options that may be performed by a physical therapist (PT), although the third option is most often provided by a massage therapist.  The first therapy is called TENS, which stands for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation or TENS which was [...]

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There are several things you can do to minimize the impact of back pain as well as neck pain.  Take for example, applying heat to your sore muscles may be more beneficial than ibuprofen or acetaminophen.  Based on the theory that heat relaxes muscles, a research team in Cincinnati, OH, found that the use of [...]

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There are several FMS tender points in the neck, shoulders, low back and hips, but what makes this area so vulnerable to developing pain?  The vertebrae (boney structures that encase the spinal cord) are not deteriorated in FMS.  Rather, the muscles that weave in and around your vertebrae to form stable support for your spinal [...]

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