Things I use to manage my hypermobile joints and hEDS (hypermobile ehlers-danlos). Includes recommendations from my physical therapist, chiropractor, and the rest of my care team. Pain management tools and mobility aids and a few other things that he...
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Pain Relief That Really Works
Red Light Therapy
Braces, Wraps & Stabilizers
Mobility Aids
Misc hEDS Helpers
Pain Relief That Really Works
I've tried some pretty weird stuff to try to manage my musculoskeletal pain. These are the things I use on a daily or weekly basis because… they actually work!
The cupping set my chiropractor and PTs use. I would recommend getting professional help with these.
Professional Cupping Set
A less intimidating cupping set to use at home. I picked these up from Walgreens, and they're good for traveling.
Trakk Cupping Therapy Set
Mess-free Sombra roll-on.
Sombra Cool Pain Relief Gel Roll On
My chiropractor got me hooked on this. Really helps with coat hanger pain. It's like wearing an ice pack.
Sombra Cool Therapy Natural Relieving Gel
The Pure Spectrum Recover CBD and CBG High Concentration Salve helps spasmy muscle pain for me. It works differently than any other product I've tried.
Pure Spectrum CBD - CBD Oil For Sale, THC Free CBD Oil
This thing is great for pain relief, but it also makes your body make a bunch of happy chemicals that can with mood and sleep. This is one of the best tools in my insomnia toolkit and I often fall asleep on it.
ShaktiMat Classic Acupressure Mat
Red Light Therapy
Red Light Therapy is one of THE BEST and most reliable ways I've found to manage tight, sore, painful muscles without popping ibuprofen. I was blown away by how well RLT worked for my coathanger pain, tendon injuries, etc.
The near infrared bulb I've used before for a cheap red light therapy set up.
RubyLux NIR-A Near Infrared Bulb
300 W ceramic base clamp lamp to use with the RubyLux NIR bulb.
Woods Clamp Lamp 10" Reflector 300W
Another affordable red light therapy bulb - I haven't tried it, but I've heard good things about it from a doctor.
Hooga Hand Held Red Light Therapy
I got this on sale. It does work for pain relief. But I don't know if I'll keep it because it takes 4 hours to charge and only has 1 hour of run time and I use RLT a LOT.
Red Light Therapy Wrap - Fringe
Braces, Wraps & Stabilizers
I got these after I was floxed to help with tendon pain. I tried 5 different ankle braces and liked these the best. They last a couple months of every day wear.
