I have long determined that I needed a Tens unit. If you've ever read my blog, you know that I suffer from chronic costochondritis. I also have musculoskeletal pain. I'm hypermobile, which means that my joints hyper-extend themselves, which is not a good thing. The pain that I have causes me to brace against it, which makes my muscles in a constant state of soreness, as if my back and chest are regularly beaten with a bat. My ribs hurt, my vertebra in my neck hurt--even my collar bones hurt to ...
Costochondritis–Where do I stand?
It's been a long time since I gave an update solely talking about costochondritis. I've had a lot of emails since my last post, so I thought I'd give an update about what has been going on with it. I'm currently still dealing with costochondral pain. However, it comes and goes. Right now, we've got a cold patch going on and have had snow, and my ribs are bothering me. I can feel it in my back and my lower ribs if I press them. Currently, I'm in a good place. I no longer need to take Tylenol or ...
Tackling Costochondritis – My Regimen
This blog entry is about my struggle with costochondritis. You can read my story and follow my blog entries in chronological order by going to this link. Writing a blog entry for dealing with this costochondritis is not easy. I probably should start writing down a list of thoughts before I blog about this. I have a feeling I'll be sitting here cutting and pasting my words so that they'll not be so jumbly (and the spell-check says "jumbly" is not a word--but I'm saying it is today). More than a ...
Tackling Costochondritis – the History of My Issues With It
I have a series of blog entries on my struggles with pinpointing the cause and the treatment for costochondritis. During these next few weeks and months, I'm going to document the inception of my issues with costochondritis, my struggles with pain, what's helped and what's not, and my research on holistic treatment of it. Costochondritis is an inflammation of the sternum. It is often a temporary problem that some have, but for others like me, it becomes a chronic condition. I would say that ...
