Does anyone know of a vitamin or pill I can take for neck and shoulder muscle pain? Stretching doesn't work
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at
6:30 pm
The symptoms are from stress, which is hard to avoid being a teacher. Muscle relaxers from the doctor work but I would like to try something new that doesn’t knock me out. Thanks!
Filed under: Shoulder Pain Symptoms
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1] neck exercises EVERY DAY! Do at least twice a day, and more often in times of stress.
http://www.stretchnow.com.au/exercises/neck.htm
2] professional massage
3] chiropractor
4] glucosamine hydrochloride – take one tablet [ 500 mg. ] for every 50 pounds of weight – when it starts to work, you can decrease it to 2 or 3 a day
5] doing a couple laps of the crawl in the pool often helps too
Vitamins wont do it. You may need an injection of cortisone into the joints and after about two to three weeks it starts getting better.
You could use an ointment like Sportscreme
i get neck and back pain from sitting at my computer all day at work. i used to take motrin, but it tore up my stomach. sheesh, can’t win, huh?
what has worked for me is monthly massages (focusing on the shoulders and upper back), regular exercise, lots of water, getting up from the computer and moving around every half hour, yoga stretches (there are some great ones for upper body; check out a book or online), and meditation. sometimes, i sit with a heat pad on my neck and back or sit in a hot bath. that helps so much!
in a pinch, clasp your hands behind your back and bend over at the waist, keeping your hands together. take slow deep breaths and hold the stretch until you feel your back relax a bit. it stretches all of the muscles from neck to tailbone, is very calming and you can do it in between classes without freaking people out since it’s a common stretch for athletes.
bengay patches work for a while
if you see a doctor he can either give you a shortg or prescribe something like flexerall to help out.
Try Joint Juice. It’s Glucosamine. You can get Glucosamine in the pill form but I personally like the Joint Juice in the morning. It’s fruity and good when it’s cold. They have a Joint Juice Water too. You may just need to learn to let the stress roll off of you. My sister is a teacher and has had neck and shoulder pain forever and she drinks Joint Juice and has noticed a difference since drinking it every day for about 3 weeks. And I have arthritis in my feet and I have noticed a difference since I started drinking it.