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Originally Posted by dieselgirl85300D
Dont rule out a good soak in epsoms salt then a good stretching and a few advil.
Heat and ice alternating are great when u get a flare up of inflamation.
All are easy and worth a try
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I've been neglecting that. My 24 Hour Fitness outlet is only 2 miles away and has an excellent jacuzzi. Not to mention a nice swimming pool right next to it. Don't think chlorine is as useful as epsom salts in therapeutic terms but oh well.
I read where one benefit of epsom salts is that it can introduce more magnesium into your life, apparently it's often lacking in our diet. A friend recommended magnesium supplements for nerve pain issues. I got some - 400 mg tabs, horse tablet size, recommended dosage is 3 a day. I'm doing that along with a hot tub every night. Could well be part of my improvement.
Swimming like normal is tough with this pain but I found I can do the elementary backstroke while letting the right leg just sort of drag along. It's one of my favorite strokes, not the backstroke you see in Olympic competition, the arms go out sideways and then down to the hips, the legs do the same sort of frog kick as in the breaststroke, the latter while you bring the arms back up.