I've had problems with both arthritis and carpal tunnel pain and have had some success with all of the remedies mentioned so far. Although, like Ed, I had limited and unspectacular results with chondroitin/glucosamine/MSM. One thing I have found that does help me is a homeopathic ointment called Arniflora. It's clear, oderless and really does work for me. I've recommended it for friends and some swear by it and some others get little or no relief. As with anything targeted at unigue body compositions/chemistries - YMMV. It is not expensive (~$10 for a large tube) and is worth exploring IMHO. It is even recommended as a preventative, but I am hopelessly optimistic (deluded?) and never remember to use it until the pain reminds me to so I have no experience using it in that manner. Some people look at homeopathy the same way they do snake oil, but I am of the opinion that the more tools in the kit the better when it comes to dealing with the ravages of Father (Mutha?) Time. Anyway, that's my two cents ($473,985.37 adjusted for inflation). Best of luck from a "more experienced" (55+ years) ex-garage band drummer. FX --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Vernon Graner" <vern@t...> wrote: > Ok, So I haven't played in ...hmmm lets say about 2 months? And now, > since it's been taken off the market, I'm no longer taking Viox. > > So I sit down to play for about 20 minutes and wow! Now I'm in *real& > pain!! :( > > My doc has moved me to "celebrex" but it doesnt seem to work well... If > any of you "more experienced" drummers have any advice, I'd love to hear > it... > > "what a drag it is getting old" :P > > Vern > > -- > Vern Graner CNE/CNA/SSE | "If the network is down, then you're > Senior Systems Engineer | obviously incompetent so why are we > Texas Information Services | paying you? Of course, if the network > http://www.txis.com | is up, then we obviously don't need > Austin Office 512 328-8947 | you, so why are we paying you?" ©VLG
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Re: Drum Drugs? :)
2004-11-12 by quarlofx