Finally Some Pain Relief

There I was laying in bed, couldn't barely turn over. I had a intense pain in my neck and shoulder area. It was so bad, it took all the will power I had to turn over. For three long days I had been experiencing this. I had no explanation for what brought this ailment on, just that it was happening. It wasn't the first time either. I seem to get afflicted with this at least once a year, sometimes more.

I've been to the doctors for this ailment before, and he gave me some name for it, about 100 letters long, and I can't for the life of me remember what it is called, other than a big heap of misery. He usually gave me a prescription for pain meds, which I'd eventually throw out.

I tried ice to relieve the pain, and after the ice, I applied a heating pad... neither of which did any good. I'm not into taking pills for every ache and pain, although I was thinking some of that hemp/cannabis oil would be good about now. Since I was all out of that, (I use it quite regularly for relief of my psoriasis and arthritis pain) I was at a loss of what to do.

About a month ago, a dear friend of mine had bought me something they called a Digital Therapy Machine. I'd completely forgotten about it. So after remembering I had it, I dug it out of the closet and decided to give it a try. You see, when I was first given the thing, I just more or less laughed it off to myself, and didn't give it much relevance.

Basically it gives small electric impulses that simulate a massage. The intensity of which can be increased or decreased. I've heard these Digital Therapy Machines referred to as Tens Machines. I remembered back several years when my wife was using one for pain management for her back. She had turned it up much higher than she thought, and lit herself up like a christmas tree.

I was thinking that I really didn't want to be giving myself small electric shocks, my luck the thing would short out, and I'd end up frying myself. Since nothing else I had been doing was helping, and the pain was getting the best of me, I was desperate enough to give it a go.

I read all the instructions that came with the machine, and then I hooked myself up. I set it for a 15 minute session and I sat back waiting to fry myself. Well I didn't fry, and actually after the first few minutes I started to feel a bit of much needed relief.

When you are experiencing a constant pain and have no relief, it not only hurts, but it causes other ailments, tiredness, stress, and tension. I'd been suffering all these things for the last three days, and finally I was getting some much needed relief.

I don't know if you have ever used a Digital Therapy Machine before, but if you are finding ice, or heat isn't working, and you'd rather stay away from the opiods, I'd think you may want to give one a try!