Chronic Lower Back Pain

BunsenBurner
Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:29:32 +0000

Arnica gel did nothing for me. Ditto for Mr. B. From what I read, it is nothing more than placebo effect. People who claim it helps actually are on the tail end of the healing curve, so it seems like it works. What really helps with muscle pain is aspirin-equivalent prescription ointment called Voltaren and its generic “cousin” Aspercreme. I have a tube of Voltaren from the days of visiting my Ortho doc for knee issues, and I use it to calm sore muscles after really, really long runs. It makes an almost immediate difference.