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ricanfemale30 06/26/2011

Ok...so spasticity or whatever u call it is a pain in the ass..but idk if what I feel is that or what..I feel old!..my body aches like I'm an old fart who's 87 n all her bones hurt...I feel ssoo stiff and my muscles act the hell up by tightness..and man do I say tight..painfully..and my Bones crack when I stretch or move.uugghhh its a pain to walk cuz of this..p.s. I live on the third floor! I go up n down those stairs at least 6-10times a day..sux but my muscle relaxers don't do shit I'm on zanaflex 4mg 3xday n I don't feel any different. I smoke mj which helps and relieves some spasticity at least 3-5 times a day..percocets work a bit cuz it settles most of the pain from this achy body..this is wack!

deleted_user 06/26/2011

Girlfriend, I feel like an old far and I AM ONE... I get the pain in the back etc when I try to walk aways or garden. I have to sit down and drink something for about 10-15 min. Then I feel a bit better.

It feels like your back is seizing up, like a car engine. Sucks...

Aleve works pretty well on this. Ditto Ibuprofen.

docruth 06/26/2011

Yes, Aleve works, and I take 2 Tylenol Arthritis.

deleted_user 06/28/2011

Spasticity has been a pain in my ass, as well as other spots on my body for many years now :-( ................ I try to periodically stretch out throughout the day. I also smoke cannibis. I puff goody e v e r y d a y lol I take Dronabinol (brand name: Marinol) and recently I went to a legitamate massage therapist. Let me tell you, Ive gotten many, many, many massages by throughout the years by women who said they knew how give a good massage and yes they were good most of the time but nowhere close to as good as the one I got a week ago from this massage therapist in Montclair, NJ. Okay, lemme describe it to you like this: I normally need a cane to walk. After the massage I walked outta the place hold my cane in my hand but I didn't need to use it! Before I left I was holding my arms str8 out in front of myself and doing deep knee bends (squats) totally by myself! I kept saying softly over and over "This is amazing" I told her that she made me feel like I went back in time. She gave me a tip and I tried it and I felt the difference. The tip was a hot or warm bath in 2 cups of epsom salt but only for 12 minutes. The massage was HUGE! I didn't just get a bodyrub. The lady did work with her fingers. I must've sounded dumb telling her that she had magical hand lol

lchoppel 06/28/2011

I feel about 92 myself! I just hate this damn disease...

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