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NEW STUDY! Parasym Plus™ for Multiple Sclerosis › Forums › PrettyIll.com Discussion › Pain › Pain management › Reply To: Pain management

June 11, 2013 at 4:04 pm #3755
Barbara
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additionally, here’s a general pain thing I wrote earlier . . .

Have your Vitamin D checked, as several on here are either housebound, or photophobic (or stay in the shade when the sun is out) therefore never actually get a proper top-up of Vitamin D, and so this essential vitamin can deplete and believe me, this can cause a lot of PAIN.

If appropriate, get your estrogen levels checked, as this may need supplementing too. HRT relieves some of the pain for me.

If you have muscle fatigue issues, DON’T push yourself to do more than you can, as the bi-product of this is lactic acid in the muscles = more PAIN!

Get a massage whenever you can, as this helps the lymphatic system drain away toxins, inflammation and therefore PAIN.

Those with leg pain – try a nice salty bacon sandwich – yes it does work! (especially for the ‘purple leg’ or ‘white leg’ pain) it may be the salt (or, according to my friend, it may just be the growth hormone they are sometimes pumped with! lol).

Let me know how you get on.
Barbara
(UK)

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