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 I second the therma care patches. Wonderful product! If you get the ones for mentstrual cramps, they will fit just about anywhere and have self adhesive sticky stuff.

 

I use them for back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain!

 

chris

Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Have you ever tried Therma-Care patches? The heat they give off is a
wonderful relief for arthritis and might relieve bone pain, too.

Barbara

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenda R. Snodgrass"
To: "Amber Roberts"
Cc:
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Broken leg pain


> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Amber Roberts wrote:
>
>> I broke one ankle and the opposite foot last April 23 and still have
>> burning pain in the area of those breaks. I'm sure the bones have healed
>> by now but wonder about this continued, intermittent pain. Does anyone
>> else who broke a leg have continued pain?
>>
>> Amber
>
> Yes, it's fairly common from what I understand, although mine is more of a
> dull ache rather than burning, and I can feel it deep inside the bone. My
> physical therapist calls it "bone pain" and says it usually goes away
> after 2-3 years. That's what happened when I broke my foot 5 years ago,
> and now I'm experiencing it again with the arm I broke last year. My PT
> recommends arthritis-formula Tylenol and it does seem to work well. I
> feel the pain either when I've particularly stressed the area (standing up
> for a long period of time when it was my foot aching) or when there is a
> weather front moving through that causes a sudden change in barometric
> pressure. I also notice it aches when I'm very cold, so I've taken to
> wearing an "arm warmer" (a tube sock with the toe cut off, or a leg warmer
> like in Flashdance) on my recently-broken arm when it is cold, and that
> extra insulation helps a lot.
>
> --
> Glenda R. Snodgrass
> AERC #M18819
> SE Region
>
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