What do you recommend for shoulder and neck pain?

those heat packs that they have out now have helped me they stay warm for about 8 hours or so

I've found that by lying down with an ice pack at the base of my neck, sort of inbetween my shoulders can help ease some of the pain. I'm not too sure if that would help in your case, because my pain usually starts as a headache, and eventually works its way down into my neck and shoulders, but it's cheap and might be worth a try. It takes the pain away enough anyway for me to fall asleep and let the wonders of sleep cure my ailments until the following night when it returns again lol...

Stand under a hot shower....that helps me...also sometimes a massage can help....use some tiger balm..or a lotion....

in your case, can i just say "i told you so, i told you so!" ....now that we have the niceties out of the way, i don't know that there is much OTC that will help you...tiger balm MAY help a little, you can get it at walmart or just about anywhere. Maybe some of the theragesic would help. Oh yeah......i told you so, i told you so!

well i work on the net sometimes for 13 hours straight and i get so pooped by the end. to relax my shoulders and neck i take a hot shower or lie down on my back and rest or get myself a real good massage with a nice massaging oil. :)

i really like icy hot...it heats and cools. have your hubby give you a massage with it.

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