Home Treatment for Repetitive Stress Injury

A friend of mine broke his arm a while back and told me he was on a lot of ibuprofen — 600 mg doses.
I had to laugh, because back when I was suffering regular pain from repetitive stress and tendonitis, I took 800 mg of ibuprofen on a regular basis, sometimes a few times a [...]

I’ll never forget the day my Workers’ Comp doctor gave me a packet of Vioxx pain killer to try, after the drug had been pulled from the market.
I told him, “I want to heal my arms, not just numb the pain.” Although he admitted that I could hurt myself more by numbing the pain [...]

If you’re in pain, it’s tempting to grab some drugs and medicate it away.  But, it’s important to realize that the pain itself isn’t the problem.  Pain is only a warning message, telling you something else is wrong in your body.
Using ibuprofen or steroids to get rid of the pain and inflammation might help for [...]