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Pain relief for working at a desk all day
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items These are products I buy and use personally for chronic muscle pain from TMJ (trapezius/neck/jaw pain) for when I work 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week. Usually I get them from Costco or the nearest grocery store.
$19 online and $14 in person ($11 when on sale) at Costco (dont need a membership to buy online!!!!) I use these LITERALLY EVERY DAY because I work at a desk and I put all my stress on my trapezius area and shoulders. They help me out but probably be...
Salonpas Pain Relief 140 Patches
$12 at CVS if you have chronic pain like I do slap this on and it helps for about 1 hour. It's not a perfect solution but it's a nice to have when the pain is just unbearable.
Salonpas Deep Pain Relief Gel, 2.75 OZ
$4 you can find any off brand of ibuprofen near you you don't necessarily need the Whole Foods version- don't take these too often, just as needed.
Ibuprofen Tablets 200mg, 100 ct
$cost may vary- I pay $29 for this every 3 months with my insurance. It's for pain, inflammation, TMJ pain, or other reasons- they use lidocaine and put it in your muscle. The cost will change depending on your location and insurance coverage. My pri...
Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal/Neuro Injections
$cost may vary- I pay $100 to $150 for deep tissue massage depending on where I go- but this is a must if you work in the hospitality industry, retail, or an office- any job that is not an at home job that requires you to go somewhere, I recommend ge...
Massage Therapy
$23- Fun fact- did you know you can buy most items on costcos website without a membership? For $23 and free shipping I’d say a 12 pound bag of epsom salt is a big win, and great if you need muscle relaxing but don’t have the capital to fetch a masse...
Epsom Bath Salt, 18 lbs Bag
$30 a month - I have done yoga in person ($50 to $100 for unlimited yoga classes) and on youtube for free. I like this particular teacher from glo.com he teaches easy level up to professional level yoga, which helps me with my muscle pain (through more strenghtening core exercises using your body weight and stretching).
Yoga- Dice Iida-Klein
$22 for 1 class- price will vary based on location- if you can get your hands on an adult ballet class at a local university, community college, or ballet school, I highly recommend trying this out. It strength trains your core, teaches you stretches...
Ballet Adult Class
$0- or free- take a walk in a park or a place that is safe, and feel the fresh air if the weather is nice in your area. If you don't have this option, walk around a mall, a Target, a Walmart, a Costco, or wherever there is to walk a longer distance. ...
Take a walk
$14 this is a personal preference, but I like roll-on pain relief because it also does a little bit of lymphatic drainage at the same time and I prefer the freeze versus a heat because it helps in my opinion get deeper into pain relief.
Biofreeze Overnight Pain Relief Roll-on, Back Knee Muscle Joint Arthritis Pain Relievers, 2.5 oz
$50 to $200- I used to have $7000 braces and I have to wear a retainer for the rest of my life. I didn’t want to spend $200 for one single retainer so I ended up buying four of them for $200 or $50 each at the Sporting Smiles website. It’s the same e...
Teeth Retainers
$12.98
Biofreeze Dry Stick, Cooling Menthol Pain Relief
$55 So you can buy the medicinal version of this exact product for about $155. It’s a muscle freeze that has a 1:1 ratio that gets really deep into the muscle without affecting cognition or intellect.
Muscle Freeze