Does anyone else find that cooling their body down, rather than using heat, helps with pain?
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trey18feb
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Hi there to my fellow sufferers. A question I would like to ask anyone out there. Having looked at the NHS website,a warm bath or pool can help with the pain,we'll for me it actually makes the pain worse.What I do and it works for to cool my body down and try to get as cold as possible.Is this the same for you my fellow sufferers.I am in antidepressant string painkillers and antipsychotic medication 💊. I sure am glad most doctors recognise this disease as very serious.
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Hi @trey18feb and welcome to the community thanks for your post, it's certainly interesting to think about how different things work for different people when it comes to pain management.
I'm not an expert by any means, but I think being very hot helps to relax and loosen muscles, and being very cold sort of numbs the body from feeling pain, and prevents swelling. That's why a bag of peas is often recommended for helping recover from sprains and strains!Online Community Coordinator
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As i understand the the pain that we get from fibromyalgia , is that the thing that triggers the pain is an inflamation of your muscles. Therefore any heat applied would make the pain worse, so a cooling effect would be beneficial to this malaise.
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trey18feb said:As i understand the the pain that we get from fibromyalgia , is that the thing that triggers the pain is an inflamation of your muscles. Therefore any heat applied would make the pain worse, so a cooling effect would be beneficial to this malaise.Cold makes my pain a million times worse. Hot baths, hot weather help me so much and decreases my pain, making it more manageable.Winter is the worst time of year for me.
I also have a friend that I’ve known personally for 14 years and she also has fibromyalgia. Cold also makes her pain even worse.I’ve yet to hear of anyone with fibromyalgia that thinks the cold helps them. See link https://www.verywellhealth.com/cold-weather-pain-fibromyalgia-3972975I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help. -
When I have back problems I often use a hot water bottle on it which helps a lot. However the trick is to use a slightly hotter than warm bottle otherwise following the use my back can stiffen up and be a little worse. Probably due to the heat softened cartilage settling into a sitting and therefore not straight position. That’s just my opinion of course.
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I have long term spinal pain (neck & lower back). Heat always works for me.
At times, I’ll alternate heat with cold, but mainly heat.
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