You might want to search for a Theracane. It works well for those hard to reach areas. PT
________________________________ From: Gary Hilt <sobertogod1n...@gmail.com> To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, November 12, 2012 3:13:29 PM Subject: Re: CS>Muscle spasms :more input, FWIW Hi Lena sorry your having the discomfort you mentioned. i have been aware of trigger point for years but many of my cramps are a knotting around my rib cage and the diaphragm are so herd to facilitate there. Hope that your continued therapy works. On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Lena Guyot <drumr...@stny.rr.com> wrote: I'm just getting through shingles, and there's a thing called post-herpetic neuralgia which is gnawing muscle spasm that feels like rats are eating their way into my back. Nasty stuff. >Years ago, I read Pain Erasure, (Bonnie Prudden was involved in its >publication. >It posited the issue of trigger points: areas of 'dead', damaged muscle, >surrounded by other muscles working overtime to compensate. > > >I think, no matter what the initial cause for the original muscle problem, >this >could contribute to the other issues later on. They mentioned finding the >trigger-points (easy: when you hit a knot of excruciating pain, that's one!) >Then press with an elbow into that knot (awful, simply awful) gathering >pressure >for a few minutes until it's completely unbearable and then, just as >gradually, >easing up on the pressure. This allows blood flow to reawaken the 'dead' spot >and help it begin to restore itself. > > >I tried this this weekend and though it was the last thing I wanted to do, I >could feel warmth and energy and an nasty itchiness return to what had been a >nightmarish pain. Now the scale of pain is ramping down, slowly. > > >This is not to say that mag. and pot. and whatever else you do isn't VERY >important, but just to suggest that a mechanical help might be in order too. > > >I wish anyone with this sort of pain the very best of recovery as it's truly >wretched and makes life very difficult. Just sitting here, writing this, is >making it all attempt a comeback! > > >Be well, >Léna > >On Nov 12, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Gary Hilt wrote: > >Hey Dave >>appreciate your help. There seems to be a consensus about the magnesium. >> >> >> >>On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Dave Darrin <davedar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>Gary >>> I was never addicted but after I quit drinking I had the same problem, >>>It takes not less than 500mg of magnesium, morning and again at night to >>>alleviate. >>>If I skip just one dose I get cramps. >>>Dave >>> >>> >>>On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Gary Hilt <sobertogod1n...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>Hey yall >>>>i have been experiencing muscle spasms all over for over 7 years since >>>>recovering from alcohol addiction. The doctors have no clue. its >>>>not potassium depletion. We eat and drink lots of veggies etc. >>>>i wondered if any of yall have any ideas??? >>>>Thanks >>>> >>>>-- >>>> >>>>Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord >>>>Jesus Christ. >>>>Gary & Lennie >>>> >>> >> >> >> >>-- >> >>Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord >>Jesus Christ. >>Gary & Lennie >> > -- Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Gary & Lennie
