Your best non funny medical cure for backache

HAPPY FEET


Joined: 18/07/2008
Posts: 416

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 17:01

Any strange and wonderful funny cures for backache ?



I do remember when my grandad got ill, my grandma used to rub thick lard into his back.





He went downhill pretty fast after that

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 17:03

Horses linament i seem to remember , thats an oldie

Good luck , Simbas

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 17:13

There's an elastaplast from chemists,that goes ht when applied.Worked for me

Mike

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 17:18

'Tiger Balm'

I bought it out in Singapore and our household now always has a tin in the medicine cabinet.

AJ

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 17:20

Does anyone remember the Beladona plaster ? , they were huge and agony to take off .

Showing my age now , Simbas

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 17:20

A lady came into the kitchen, sat down at the table, leaned forward, put her head in her hands and said to her husband "Honey, I feel terrible! My head hurts, my back's killing me and my left breast just burns and burns." He said "I'm gonna help you, Dear. I'll get you some aspirins for the headache, I'll rub your back with Myoflex for the backache, and if you'll sit up and get your breast out of the coffee, it'll stop burning!"

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 17:57

Hi AJ i agree Tiger Balm is one of the best I have tried. My daughter bought me some heatpads recently They give relief but like having a back wax to remove.

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 18:02

Bill , where do you get them from ?

Love Pat x

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 18:51

My wife bought one of those little electric gadgets that you apply to the area of the pain,switch it on to theprogramme you want and these electric vibrations go into the area that you have placed the electrodes on and it works .I have tried it a couple of times and it is very soothing.About £15 when I bought it..Kiwi oil is another could pain reliever.Issued to all Ozzy troops...

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 18:54

How about Tiger Balm. You can get the patches off the net. Works for me.

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 18:55

Bill gets most of his jokes from his mate Noah,lol.



Paul

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 19:12

Tiger Balm is great for lots of things. First bought some in Thailand many years ago. Can you get it readily in the UK?



Thanks



J

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 19:16

Great one bill

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 22:29

You can get Tiger balm in the UK. Not the patches though, only the rub type.

Arthur


Joined: 04/11/2008
Posts: 687

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 22:47

Dependent on the cause, arching your back as far back as you can tends to push any disc trying to rupture back into place. It works for me.



Alternately, get smashed. You won't notice the back pain when you're drunk, and the next day your hangover will distract your attention from the pain in your back..................

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 22:53

Arthur. I tried that leaning back method in the supermarket queue the other week. I didn't realize I was standing close to the woman in front -she gave me a right dirty look and called me a pervert.

Arthur


Joined: 04/11/2008
Posts: 687

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 22:55

Bill, I'd never accuse you of being a pervert, I leave that to others.................

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 22:56

Good one Arthur )