What is the best way to deal with muscle spasms and what drugs can you to take to relieve inflammation?
107807
Valerian Root, you can get it at walmart it's with the vitamins.  I used this, works great, but it will put you to sleep.  Also soaking in a tub of hot water with 1 cup table salt, 1 cup sea salt and 1 cup of Epsom salts for 30 mins will help with the spasms.  As for an anti-inflammatory, if you can leave them alone I would, my kidneys are shot from using too many.  Good luck!
198299
see a physio therapist - you have nerve impingement by the sound of things.\n\nkeep up with ice - 20 on and 20 off as much as you can on your elbow until you see someone. I have a similar problem from a car accident last August and it is better, but for me every time I raise my hands above my head my hands go numb. Massage has helped too to get the muscle out of spasm - perhaps it would help you too?\n\ngood luck.
72417
In my experience pain medications do not work. My best advise is make sure to get plenty of sleep, take a multiple vitamin, keep active in at least low impact sports, and consider Magnesium and Malic Acid supplements (consult the doctor or a nutritionist to have your Magnesuim level checked- it is a simpe mouth swab and not painful), meditation does help some in keeping the pain back if you can seperate your mind from the pain, and try to take 2-3 warm Epson Salt baths a week (Epson salt contains Magnesium and soaking in a warm tub of it helps to get the mineral into the body. Magnesium aids the muscles in using oxygen and when the level is low which is typical in Fibro it can cause are cramps, spasms, and pain.) Also, Fibromyalgia is a neurotransmitter disorder certain foods can trigger similiar symptoms to Fibro. Try eliminating Monsodium Glutamate from your diet. I did and some of my symptoms (chronic headaches and nausea) went away. It is in everything from Doritos to chicken soup. A few key finding's of an FDA study found MSG to cause a "burning sensation in the back of the neck, forearms and chest". If you need adjustments try to see a D.O. instead of a chiropractor. Chiros tend to be a little more violent in their adjustments and can cause more pain in your soft tissue. D.O.s do a more passive adjustment which I've found to be much more beneficial. Otherwise, learn your limits and pace yourself.\nGood luck!
1124094
cardio workouts are the best for fibromyalgia,plus massages.it is very important to keep fresh oxygenated blood running through the muscles.and massages plus muscle workouts keep the lymph fluid flowing,pooled lymph fluid is what causes the tight feeling as though fluids are pooling.good nutrition and sleep cycles and a routine as far as all of these.i have fibromyalgia for last 6 years.my rheumatologist worked with me for a year and i feel great.i take vicodin only if pain is severe and intolerable.i take klonopin 3 times a day to stay calm and not get stressed.we all know fibro folks cant handle adrenaline rushes,and it helps me sleep good..other wise i take tylenol 3 times a day only and use alternative methods without drugs to feel well and energetic.
267645
whenever i get a leg cramp. if i stretch it out, it tends to feel better. if that doesn't work, try something to make you body relax, aspirin, warm milk, you get the idea.
559088
Get a neck/back rub done. Dont go for medication. \n\nYour nerve is tense, only a massage will help. Medication will temporarily dull the pain but will not cure the problem. \n\nYou need to get a physical massage done to help relieve the muscle.
631221
It's a long process I am going through the same thing.  Take a lot of IB profen it's good for inflammation.  Go to the gym and work your quads, eat bannanas.  Lay on your back put your hurt leg in the air and try to bend it down as much as possible.  It's going to hurt you have to try to get over the pain.  Every time you bend it try to make it go lower and lower.  This will help but you have to work with it and do everything your told to do.
714299
You could use a heating pad, or take a hot bath.  This will help relax the muscles ease the pain of the cramps.  Good luck.
893129
Try eating 2-3 servings of fruit a day for potassium, and take a calcium-magnesium-zinc pill 3 times daily with meals to rule out mineral deficits which can aggravate muscle tics and spasms.
403838
Applications of heat, mild streaching and relaxing often help.  Try this before going to meds.
745129
I would do stretches each morning before you start your day to get you loosened up.  Take a tylenol for the pain, a warm bath w/ epson salt relaxes your muscles at the end of the day!\nHeating pads also help...try webmd.com they have alot of medical advice
1164422
First of all if the problem is occuring at work, this may be a work related injury.  Talk to your HR department  and supervisor.  You may want to open a workmen compensation case up.  When people work on computers there alot of injuries that can arise for it.  I would suggest a ergonomic evaluation to make sure your station is set up properly.  Sometimes if the chair is too high or too low or your posture is poor resulting back problems may ensue.\n\nIn general, muscle spasm are very similiar to muscle cramps.  To tell if you have muscle spasm, lay on your belly and have someone feel both sides of you lower back.  Is one side tighter than the other.  If so then you are having muscle spasms.\n\nIn term of slipped disk, if you did something and your disk slipped you may experience pain in your lower back near your spine.  This can occur without compressing a nerve.  If it is a large slipped disk and large enough to push on a nerve, then in addition to back pain you will also have radicular symptoms.  In other words, you will have pains shooting down you legs or experience leg numbness and or weakness.\n\nKeep in mind, that muscle spasms and slipped disk can occur together.  From you description, I suspect that it is mainly muscle spasms.  Usually people are doing something fairly exertional when you get a slipped disk.\n\nGo see a doctor.  MRI and Xray are COMPLETELY USELESS initially.  Start with conservative treatment namely ice you back, NSAIDS like motrin and alleve, physical therapy and ergonomic evaluation.  The reason i say mri and xrays are useless initially is because at this stage of the ballgame even if you have a slipped disk conservative management is still the treatment.  If you find a slipped disk without pain going down the leg you would not do a cortisone injection and who in there right mind would want to do back surgery without first trying conservative therapy.  If conservative therapy works and your back gets better, who cares what the MRI said and it would have be a waste of money to do it.  Xrays do not pick up muscle spasms or slipped disk.
1064399
Ibuprofen.  Plenty of water intake. \nActive rest (that means not sitting on your duff all day. Go about normal activities. Do housework.)\nGet a massage.\nTiger balm or some other kind of topical muscle relaxant.
673618
thats a spasm,, eat some dark green veggies dood
199702
I have heard that APPLE CIDER VINEGAR (pill form can be purchased now) taken first thing in the morning helps alleviate the pain, as well as daily exercise, as contradictory as that might sound, moving the joints eliminates the stiffness, especially if you do them in a tub of hot water.  Meaning placing affected hands, wrists, elbows, etc. into a tub of hot water and moving your hands around.\n\nGood Luck and prosper ...;*!*;...
490509
Go see your doctor.  He can run tests to diagnose the cause of the pain and then make appropriate recommendations.  He can prescribe pain meds and/or muscle relaxers if needed.  Also, he may recommend physical therapy, chiropractic care, or massage therapy as options to improve your condition.\n\nThe type of pain you have will dictate treatment.  Is is a muscle spasm?  You may want to try hot pack.  Is it sharp, shooting pain?  Stick with the ice.  Is there numbnesss or tingling involved?  This may be due to a nerve problem.\n\nWhat time of day is your pain worst?  In the AM would indicate chemical changes in your body (arthritis, inflammation).  In the PM would indicate your pain is mechanical in nature - meaning your posture or body mechanics (think office ergonomics!) could be the problem.
771139
The best pain relief I have found for cramps is motrin.  Yes you can take it.