more later but since you mentioned ultrasound, that's been a big one for me at the PTs to the point that this fall i bought my own home ultrasound machine. my back was so bad this fall that getting in the car to go to the PTs to get the ultrasound was sort of defeating the purpose. i was skeptical about the home machine but i love it! works as well as the ones used at PT. i'm lucky that my husband can do it for me. here's a link where i talk about it:
discussion of home ultrasound machine and a link to the site to buy it. i researched it very thoroughly before choosing this one. made sure it's power was as close to the one at the PTs as possible. the only difference is its pulsed instead of continuous, but that seems to be ok.
home ultrasound machine - mend me shop sorry i didn't respond sooner, when you were talking about your stomach, didn't realize you were talking about the dreaded muscle spasms. and when mine last that long, only when i move, so if i lay really still......
and yeh, try the ice, works great for me, have all kinds of ice packs, though my favorites are colpacs:
colpacs and cvs "peas" (not real peas but gel material):
cvs "peas" some people don't tolerate ice well but a lot do
using ice was suggested to me by others here when i first got here
this place has both useful advice and people who understand
so welcome!
