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Posted: 9/6/2010 7:37:22 AM EDT
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The best thing you can get OTC is ibuprofen. Prescriptions are often written for 800 mg (equivalent of four normal OTC tabs) per dose, up to three times per 24-hour period.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 7:45:45 AM EDT
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Sounds like a thread for Jarhead_Chiro...
 Rest, ice, pain relievers. If it's really bad and you don't have the good scheduled stuff, alternating ibuprofen and acetaminophen works pretty good for me, but it's hard on the liver and kidneys if you do it for an extended time. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 7:49:24 AM EDT
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Im a big fan of Aleve for back pain.
For me that works about 10 times better than ibuprofen.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 7:50:48 AM EDT
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Go in and treat the problem, not the symptom. I've been able to count on my lower back hurting a bunch after heavy physical exertion (this last time it was from digging up 200+ feet of irrigation pipe) for the past 5 years now. I finally went to the doc and found out I have a herniated disc back there. Physical therapy starts tomorrow. yay!
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Posted: 9/6/2010 7:52:01 AM EDT
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Quoted: The best thing you can get OTC is ibuprofen. Prescriptions are often written for 800 mg (equivalent of four normal OTC tabs) per dose, up to three times per 24-hour period. This. If it persists you need to go see a Doc and get some imagery done. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 7:55:01 AM EDT
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Since you're going to a game. Your best bet is to stick to an NSAID like Ibuprofen.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 7:59:18 AM EDT
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flexaryl......if not that....800mg advil......take pad for seat and if you have a lumbar brace.....wear it.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 8:05:23 AM EDT
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What's the best relief? Woke up and ran 40 minutes with my wife, and now my lower back is killing me. In supermarket now; found some medicated heat pads but no pills. DO NOT HEAT AN ACUTE INJURY!!!!! Heat and inflammation work together!! Your injured tissue is already inflamed and producing heat of its own............if you add more heat you promote more inflammation and get more pain!!!! Initially the heat feels good because it's the skin that lies to your brain because the skin likes heat. But the underlying tissue gets the extra heat too and makes the pain/swelling MUCH WORSE. Cold packs............on for 20 mins...........off for 20 mins...............do this for a few hours. Reassess That'll be $50 for the Consultation. 
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Posted: 9/6/2010 8:17:22 AM EDT
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Vicodin, lots of it. Don't wait until it spreads to your rib cage.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 8:31:39 AM EDT
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advil and those self heating wraps that go on your back. thermocare I believe they are called.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 5:16:31 PM EDT
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Quoted: Damn, so the thermacare heat pad I've had on my back for the last 8 hours was a bad move?Quoted: What's the best relief? Woke up and ran 40 minutes with my wife, and now my lower back is killing me. In supermarket now; found some medicated heat pads but no pills. DO NOT HEAT AN ACUTE INJURY!!!!! Heat and inflammation work together!! Advil helped a bit but it's still pretty torqued up. Sitting is o.k. but walking around and bending really sucks. That, and Navy was terrible.  So, no heating pad tonight, ice instead? I'll give that a try. Not sure why the run this morning brought this on; I usually do 30 minutes 3x a week no issues. Normally I'm in the gym doing deadlifts or squats when I jack it up. |
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