Fibromyalgia Support Group

I got to work this morning and my back was in the usual pain but I brought an ice pack with the screw on lid. I went to the ice machine, and filled it and went back to my desk and sat down. I prepared myself to put the ice behind my lower back…. Took a deep breath and then I did it… after the first minute of going OMG OMG OMG…it finally numbed enough that the cold didn’t make me want to jump out of my chair and I got back to work.

Throughout the day I would get up and stretch my legs or go by the bathroom ect… but I kept that ice pack on every time I sat back at my desk and I marveled at how it had taken a couple of hours but finally eased up the pain in my lower back and I didn’t take any pain killers.

A friend of mine came by my office and I got up to get her a paper and she asked about the ice pack and I told her how much it helped. She said oh really so that doesn’t hurt? I said,” what doesn’t hurt?” She said I just poked you in the back did it not hurt. I didn’t feel a thing. I told her to poke me again and nope… nothing. I had frozen my lower back. It was almost 5 so I took the ice pack off for the last few min of work. I hope I didn’t do any damage. I obviously didn’t kill the nerves, I am thawed out now and the pain is back. But I did have a pretty good day at work. I wonder how many times I have to freeze it to kill some of those nerves in there… I only want to kill the ones that feel pain.

I would due as said above and rotate heat ice PT told me the same...

Ice is very painful but when it numbs you it is almost worth it...

I have never heard of using just straight ice to ease pain . Always (as others mentioned) ice/heat; 20 minutes one/20 minutes this other.

I learned last summer when I was seriously doctoring for severe Bursitis in my knee that you CAN freeze an area of your body when leaving ice on too long. I fell asleep with ice on my knee and it was not a pretty sight after.

Marilyn