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(Message started by: Bob P on Apr 29^th, 2005, 6:13pm)

Title: The Stiffy
Post by Bob P on Apr 29^th, 2005, 6:13pm

Anyone found anything that works really well on that sore stiff neck on the cluster side? I've got the attacks under control by the neck thing is really annoying.

Fiorinal takes the neck pain out of tension headaches pretty well, wondering if it would do anything for this.

Title: Re: The Stiffy
Post by don on Apr 29^th, 2005, 6:31pm

I know a little Asian massage girl who's good with stiffys.

Try a couple of Motrin.

Title: Re: The Stiffy
Post by E-Double on Apr 29^th, 2005, 7:49pm

Jam your thumb in it or ice.

works for me........or better yet.....ask the little gal at the massage parlor as mentioned above ;)

Title: Re: The Stiffy
Post by mynm156 on Apr 29^th, 2005, 7:58pm

on 04/29/05 at 18:31:40, don wrote:

I know a little Asian massage girl who's good with stiffys.

Always gotta have a happy ending huh Don!!!

[smiley=laugh.gif]
MYNM156

Title: Re: The Stiffy
Post by Jonny on Apr 29^th, 2005, 9:20pm

Nope

Title: Re: The Stiffy
Post by Marc on May 2^nd, 2005, 1:11am

Bob,

Think'n about trying a Lidocaine patch.

Title: Re: The Stiffy
Post by taraann on May 2^nd, 2005, 1:34am

I use the heating pad and heating blanket almost religously. Plus 3 ibuprofen.

Physical therapy helped me some....the relief lasted about a month.

Title: Re: The Stiffy
Post by Lizzie2 on May 2^nd, 2005, 10:15am

For that muscle stuff, I use heat most of the time. Some people have talked about putting a couple tennis balls on a sock and placing it behind your neck. Good massage trick.

In my last surgery a couple of weeks ago, they had me in some awful position for either the procedure itself or for the airway. At any rate, they also gave me Reglan after the surgery, which definitely contributed to SOME pain - possibly the neck/upper back pain too. My miuscles were in a spasm. I asked for a K-pad (heating pad with very hot water running through it) and a muscle relaxant. They wouldn't give the muscle relaxant, but the heating pad, surprisingly...completely stopped the spasms and really helped. :)

Title: Re: The Stiffy
Post by Marta on May 2^nd, 2005, 5:11pm

Hi,

I've got a friend who's a reiki master and she's done some pads for me that I wrap round my neck at night and lay some on my pillow and weirdly enough my 'stiffy' is much better!

Marta

Title: Re: The Stiffy
Post by floridian on May 3^rd, 2005, 10:08pm

on 05/02/05 at 01:34:27, taraann wrote:

Physical therapy helped me some....the relief lasted about a month.

Chiropractic does help me with the stiff neck bit (doesn't stop the beast from gouging my eye, though). I may go the occasional massage route next time I get hit - had a five minute chair massage over the weekend ... there was a booth at a fair, $1 a minute, thought it would be worth a shot and it did help my shoulders, sore from being hunched over a computer all day.