have your VIT D levels checked i had this crzy bone muscle pain and my ENDO said vit D mine was dangerously low so i'm on 50,000 units 1 pill per week and re test i am also on name brand synthroid 50 mcg graduating to 100 mcg so i'm feeling better with massage and chiro therapy i take SOMA 350 mg alt days as its addictive so my mother is take walmart D3 low dose so it can't hurt to try
No problem, thanks for the update! I talked to my doctor about the pain and swelling, and was prescribed Meloxicam, 15mg per day (it's an NSAID). So far, it's reduced the pain a good amount, but there is still a good amount of aching and the swelling hasn't gone down much, from what I can tell. She said I could occasionally take ibuprofen along with Meloxicam if I really felt the need to. I do have some heating pads, so I'll try those as well.
Thanks again, everyone!
The name of the patches that helped me are called Well Patch Heat warming pads. Sorry I could not think of the name of them before.
Thanks, everyone! I'll try your suggestions and see if anything gets better. :)
For my back injury I have had more then 20 years ago the exercise and massage helped the most; for people with artritic like symptoms, aleeve (sp) is usally the strongest, but in long use any painrelievers may cause some dependancy.
The "Ice-hot" patch may help for shoulder/ lower back, hip pain.
There are air activated hot packs in different sizes that I have found are great for joint aches/pains. I can't think of the name of the brand I have used I think it is Med something. They do not have medicine in them and there are 3 in a orange color pack. They last about 8 hours and really have helped me.
magnesium citrate has worked wonders for me and I recently started magnetic therpy on my stuff neck and shoulders that have totally alleviated that entirely.