Pain relief

[KJS]

I am interested to know what people use and have tried to relieve the pain that some tics cause. My 11 year old daughter's chin-thrusting tic causes her to have pain in her upper back, shoulder & neck area. She goes for cranio-sacral & massage therapy once a week to try to relieve some of the tension and to help maintain proper alignment. Last week she really complained about the pain and took ibuprofen for 2 or 3 days. She's also playing a lot of softball so that might be aggravating it. I'm just curious to know what works for others.

 

Thanks,

Karen

[Guest]

Hi Karen,

 

Massage therapy I have found to be great for tics and pain from them, when I was a child I just had daily back rubs from my parents. I also used tylenol, but it really didn't help as long as you still had that tic. Took a lot of baths. Slept when I was in a lot of pain from them. Exercies helped me. Doing an activity that I really enjoy, like for me my activity is gymnastics and it really helps if I'm having a bad day as it gets my mind off of those things or if I have more tics as when I'm doing gymnastics I don't tic. I've been in gymnastics since I was about 3 years old and still to this day at age 19 its the sport/activity that really has made a difference in my life. I also used cold/hot packs. That's all I really can think of at this point. It can be really tough when you have tics that cause pain as all of mine when I was younger for the most part were painful, but really thankful that I have found non-med alternatives that have helped as meds haven't helped much for me.

 

Carolyn

[Guest Guest]

Hi Carolyn,

I'm so sorry to hear that you suffered with tics that caused you pain during your childhood. That must have been rough. Great that you found gymnastics! Thanks for the information about massage. We'll keep doing it and maybe add baths a few nights a week.

 

Karen

[Chemar]

Hi again Karen

 

when my son was having a lot of tics in the head /neck area, we found regular visits to our NUCCA chiropracter so helpful. NUCCA is a very different form of chiro and is really beneficial ( http://www.nucca.org )

 

also, accupuncture is a #1 treatment for pain....now even recognised by many in conventional medicine

 

In addition to agreeing with Carolyn on the warm baths, I would recommend dissolving 1-2 cups of Epsom Salts into the water. it is a wonderful muscle relaxant and soothes away pain, as well as a very good detoxifier too.

 

A supplement that is very beneficial for pain relief is DL Phenylalanine. it also helps with depression/anxiety etc. However, because it is an amino acid, good to check with your doc first

 

Also, Metagenics makes a natural Inflavinoid pain reliever

http://www.metagenics.com/products/catalog...ail.asp?pid=162

 

I will be in touch soon to chat about SA and stuff........very busy workload at present

[KJS]

Cheri,

Thanks so much for the great information on pain relief. We'll start Epsom Salts baths tomorrow. I'll look for an accupuncturist who has experience treating children, starting with massage therapists I know who might be able to make recommendations. I'll check out the websites for the other things you recommended. Tics are difficult enough; knowing that my daughter is in pain is even harder for me, as I imagine it is for most parents.

 

Karen