Neck pain ouch!!!

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Jacqueline Gallacher — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:59:25 GMT

neck pain is the curse of the vn, i worked at the pdsa for years and all the nurses had neck pain, I go to a chiropractor, best thing I ever did, a physio would help too and advise you on how to protect your neck in future, can be holding a position for too long or even stress ,being tense for long period but I found the worst thing was restraining dogs, have to tuck my chin in which protects your neck, chiropractor does not reccommend heat he makes me use an ice pack, not pleasant at first but really helps, his theory is neck is sore so we tense up and make it worse also lots of swelling so use ice reduces swelling numbs area muscles relax, relieves pain. Must wrap ice pack up in damp towel to allow the cold to conduct better and dont have it so cold its sticks to your skin, ouch.

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lemonearth905 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:17:36 GMT

Hi there, have you tried acupuncture, the vets i'm working for at the moment have a vet who practises acupuncture and it has sorted my back problem out, i was a bit doubtful at first but thought what the hell and gave it a go, i feel wonderful and will definatley keep going back for more

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:37:50 GMT

Just as usless info it is called tiger because it is owned by 2 chinese brothers when the recipie was left to them by their herbalist father one of the brothers is called tiger (in chinese) and it was decided what a great marketing idea and so "Tiger Balm" was born.

I have never found it much use but it does work for some folks. I have some and hub gets dry skin between his toes l use either snowfire or tigerbalm and they both solve it.

I tried having accpuncture done on my old girl Santa for her arthritis but it never worked bless her nothing much seemed to help she just collected insolvable problems and was such a sweetie.

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Fiona Leathers — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:07:42 GMT

I've just seen a tub of tiger balm in my chemist for £4.49, I'll send it to you if you can't get any.

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:16:43 GMT

One of my dogs had accupuncture a few years ago when she jarred her back while running into a very large tree stump, 2 sessions and she was as right as rain, totally recommend it.

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Fiona Leathers — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:53:17 GMT

Bonnie had acupuncture when she hurt her back leg last year & I think thats what made the biggest difference but it's difficult to say cos she had everything thrown at her!!

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Saskia Quinn — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:52:08 GMT

When my dog, Rosie goes for acupuncture, she sleeps practically the rest of the day

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Sal the 1st — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:15:22 GMT

I'm trained in acupuncture - will agree it is good for neck pain , but some of the hypnosis methods are just as good for pain management. Before trying anything my advice would be to get any pain , neck ,back or otherwise properly diagnosed.

a therapy/vet friend of mine once rang me up complaining of toothache post root canal - I offered them needling or hypnosis, after they had spoken to their dentist. They opted for needling, I got the needles out and all of a sudden they wanted trance work!

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katy coleman — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:45:50 GMT

i have toddler and work full time so a weekend of sleep to me would be like heaven - i'll keep dreaming

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Christine Chapman — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:24:24 GMT

You want to waste your weekends sleeping?? hehehe

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katy coleman — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:07:04 GMT

wow that sounds fantastic - I could do with something to knock me out for a few days,

I'll see if i can bribe my boss to stick some needles in on friday afternoon ready for a weekend of sleep -haha!

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:57:37 GMT

Had accpunture once for stress. 6 needles mild electric current. I was not allowed to go on my own had to have a friend with me. It knocked me out for almost 3 days. By time l got home was asleep and sleep through took till day 3 to wake up. Second lot a few weeks later was less of a reaction but still a couple of days.

Have to say it was BRILLIANT

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Christine Chapman — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:11:03 GMT

I've had accupuncture once and yes it did seem to relieve the pain for a bit. I nearly fainted though as I didn't like the look of all those needles sticking out of me

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katy coleman — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:33:03 GMT

accupunture is meant to be very good.

Not had it myself but both my bosses are accupunturists aswell and although they mainly do it on animals they have done it on one or 2 of other nurses before, for back pain and the other one has rhuematoid arthritis and she can be bad when having a flare up. Both of them said it worked well, its always worth a try.

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Christine Chapman — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:37:22 GMT

No not lately. My physiotherapist recently told me that using the computer is the worst thing for neck pain! She told me that after 5 minutes get out of the chair and do exercises such as extending your arms above your head grasping your hands and slowly bend from the hips to the left then to the right. It does help!! As I'm a computer addict I will be doing this hundreds of times a day hehehehe

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Mac Feather — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:31:19 GMT

do any of u do yoga or pilates to help with back/posture probs?

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Mac Feather — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:28:53 GMT

reckon we are prob all guilty of letting things grumble on thinking it will disappear and the money aspect has a big bearing on it.

after every sore back episode i always say im going to have regular massages to keep me from ceasing up but i never do, always something else to be paid......

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Christine Chapman — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:02:47 GMT

Mmmmmmm I woke yesterday morning and couldn't get out of bed!! The pain was awful and I was unable to move. I finally managed to get to work and was miserable as sin but this morning there's barely a twinge!! Might have been a trapped nerve!! Voltaren gel is good but expensive here. Also taking painkillers 4 hourly helps too. The best thing is a warm pack on the sore spots.

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:44:25 GMT

thank you

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wobbliebob — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:47:48 GMT

it must be catching hope your better soon

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:37:12 GMT

must have been spending half the night on the forum!!

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:36:31 GMT

after all my advice, my back is agony today

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wobbliebob — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:25:54 GMT

good news can move my neck today. it still hurts but its useable.

Button, why not try new pillows i think mine were partially to blame. I bought a memory foam one that was difficult to get use to is alot more comfy now.

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Anonymous — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:09:13 GMT

Oh no - hope your necks better today?

Really odd though - I keep waking up in the night with a bad neck. Last Sunday I couldn't move, I was literally in bed all day. I wondering whether it is stress as I am a proper worrier and work has been stressing me out a bit.

It's painful at the moment too but I think maybe because I have a full on week next week (including an interview for a training position- I am so scared and worried about this as if I don't get it that may be my last chance). Not sure what to do about me neck though, it's effecting my work slightly and also making learning to drive quite hard. I can't take ibprofen either which is rubbish :(

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Fiona Leathers — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:25:16 GMT

My best friend is a beauty therapist & I get weekly massages from her. It varies between a Swedish deep muscle massage (agony!) and aromatherapy massages (bliss). She always tells what sort of week I've had by my left shoulder muscles.

Once I was so tense and she could only give a light massage but I couldn't lift my arms above my shouders for a couple of days