Cura heat packs
I fell over and destroyed my lower back yesterday morning, so have been stumbling around like a cripple in between lying down and moaning since then. I struggled into work yesterday, drugged up to the eyeballs on some American 'super strength pain destroyer' or whatever it was called, but after a couple of hours I started shaking, and slowly getting shorter as my back tensed up.

So I shuffled off to Boots, and the lady pharmacist gave me some even stronger painkillers, and recommended some heat packs. I forked out the cash, downed a couple of pills, and struggled home, reading the bak of the packet of heat pads.

'May cause burns'
'Maximum heat may be painful'
'Do not touch with bare skin'
were some of the warnings.
whimpering in pain, I put one of the packs on my back, and lay in bed trying to relax, and thinking how nice a hot pad on the painful region would feel.

After 30 minutes, when it would have reached its maximum heat, I realised I couldn't feel it at all. the bloody thing was luke watm, and couldn't melt an icecube in direct sunlight.

I'm now leaning against a hot water bottle, sweaty, but oh so much better.
( ascorbate, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 16:22, 2 replies)

did you...
shake it up proper?

unwrap it? :P

buy boots own brand ones?

if no to all 3, then bad luck mate, t'was unlucky.
(LiL_Arsewipe licked your face on, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 19:42, closed)

Cold
you may want to try an ice pack or bag of frozen peas; the cold can reduce swelling/inflamation.
(kitescreech still here, Sat 28 Jun 2008, 12:03, closed)