Also, I will tell you a few things I do for pain. Diclofenac Sodium Topical Gel 1% - I rub this on anything that hurts. I have rheumatoid arthritis in my hands and I use it like hand cream. Magnesium is a great muscle relaxer. CBD from cannabis, not hemp. I swear that CBD relieves my pain as well as any of the strong pain meds my doctor prescribes. (I jjust cannot afford it.) Herbs I use for arthritis: turmeric, Devil's Claw (check to be sure you won't have a drug interaction), Corydalis (although less now) and organic wild lettuce capsules when I need sleep. I'm one of those strange people for whom magnets work. I wear hematite beads around my ankles and wrists and it helps with the arthritis in my hands and feet. Sometimes I put hematite beads under my back in bed. Someone gave me a magnet mattress. It only works on some people. If you want to find out if you are one of them, buy a cheap hematite bracelet off Amazon or somewhere and wear it for a day or two. That's how I found out it works for me. I also wear arthritis gloves a lot - and they have really helped to tame my Reynaud's. Finally, I have my doctor write a prescription for lidocaine patches. I have one on my back and two on my arm as I write! Tomorrow my arm and my lower back will be numb. I thought I had a compression fracture in my back, but the L5 has just moved out of the spinal column and has relocated somewhere else. It is very painful but I think there is nothing to be done for it. (At least it wasn't a fracture.). Remember to breathe, and also remember to get enough rest. Ice is your friend.

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