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Last year at this time, I had a pinched nerve in my neck.  After seeing doctors, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and physical therapists, I gave up, cancelled all pending appointments, and put a Thermacare patch on the first thing each morning.  It lasted about 10 hours, at which time it was nearly time to go to bed (neck didn't hurt at night).  After 1-1/2 weeks of heat on my neck, the pain went away and hasn't come back to any degree that I can't handle.  For 5-1/2 months, I was in misery.  Bless Therma-Care patches. I'm not saying that the heat cured my problem, but it alleviated it, and something happened to make the pain disappear. My husband uses the patches on his shoulders when they hurt too badly to sleep.

 

Barbara

----- Original Message -----

From: Chris Paus

To: Barbara McCrary ; Glenda R. Snodgrass ; Amber Roberts

Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 4:18 PM

Subject: Re: [RC] Broken leg pain

 I second the therma care patches. Wonderful product! If you get the ones for mentstrual cramps, they will fit just about anywhere and have self adhesive sticky stuff.

 

I use them for back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain!

 

chris

Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Have you ever tried Therma-Care patches? The heat they give off is a
wonderful relief for arthritis and might relieve bone pain, too.

Barbara

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenda R. Snodgrass"
To: "Amber Roberts"
Cc:
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Broken leg pain


> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Amber Roberts wrote:
>
>> I broke one ankle and the opposite foot last April 23 and still have
>> burning pain in the area of those breaks. I'm sure the bones have healed
>> by now but wonder about this continued, intermittent pain. Does anyone
>> else who broke a leg have continued pain?
>>
>> Amber
>
> Yes, it's fairly common from what I understand, although mine is more ! of a
> dull ache rather than burning, and I can feel it deep inside the bone. My
> physical therapist calls it "bone pain" and says it usually goes away
> after 2-3 years. That's what happened when I broke my foot 5 years ago,
> and now I'm experiencing it again with the arm I broke last year. My PT
> recommends arthritis-formula Tylenol and it does seem to work well. I
> feel the pain either when I've particularly stressed the area (standing up
> for a long period of time when it was my foot aching) or when there is a
> weather front moving through that causes a sudden change in barometric
> pressure. I also notice it aches when I'm very cold, so I've taken to
> wearing an "arm warmer" (a tube sock with the toe cut off, or a leg warmer
> like in Flashdance) on my recently-broken arm when it is cold, and that
> extra insulation helps a lot.
>
> --
> Glenda R. Snodgrass
> ! AERC #M18819
> SE Region
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