What TO use on my back.

tm37

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I have A really sor eupper back and I tried Ben Gay amd another type of rub. They both BURN like fore on my back. IS there a cream that will not burn yet provide me with some comfort?
 

Siddhartha

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Do you mean "sore upper back"?
Take a couple of Alieve and soak it in a hot shower for as long as you can tolerate the heat.
 

db

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If it just happened, ice it. If it's not 'new', moist heat.
 

tm37

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
what you want to do is take some Doan's Pills (Magnesium Salicylate Tetrahydrate )

Just bought some heat pads. I am gonna stop on the way to work and pick up some doan's
 

Peetoeng

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
what you want to do is take some Doan's Pills (Magnesium Salicylate Tetrahydrate )

Is that some sort of pain killer? or does it soothe the muscle?
 

FoBoT

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Originally posted by: Peetoeng
Originally posted by: FoBoT
what you want to do is take some Doan's Pills (Magnesium Salicylate Tetrahydrate )

Is that some sort of pain killer? or does it soothe the muscle?

i don't know, but i know they work

maybe a muscle relaxant?

not sure, but i had some back problems a few years ago and they helped/ i was able to sleep