Which is the best for pain shower or bath 🤔
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Curious why you have written the title in reverse but even more flumoxed by the fact that I read it right without thinking 
The answer will depend on you. Some people find great benefit from soaking in a lavender / epsom salts bath but many have said they prefer a shower stool and the walking in and out of a shower. So it is really personal preference.
Thanks for explaining the header on this post. It had me scratching my head. I too wonder why it was wrote backward ?
Hi,you may prefer shower but does it relieve the pain points I don't think so, I do some aqua therapy in the bath after I've treated the the trigger points with my home made tusbo ,this is mainly for my peripheral neuropathy but also at the same time stops the rls, how to make one in my posts.
I did not mention my preference but was stating that what one person prefers will be just that their preference. Your mobility, your benefit from a bath or shower will of course determine which is best for you rather than someone else.
It just came up like that🤔
Depends on ability to get in and out of the bath. I've been stuck a couple of times and been unable to lever myself out of the bath, so now will only take a bath if someone is in the house. However I prefer the bath as I can soak tired muscles in an epsom salts which isn't possible in a shower.
I would prefer a bath, but I cannot get in and out unaided nowadays. so showers it is (I have a wheelchair shower stall).
bath for me as I find heat helps! I will need help getting in and out but the relief of soaking is great. However sometimes I can’t tolerate it and my body lets me know!
Shower is easier if it’s a quick wash I’m after !
I use electric blankets and other heat sources quite a lot!
I am 62 and have already had a bath today as I am really struggling with the weather. I find I can soak in a nice warm bath and just keep topping it up.
Yes, the weather is a pain when it's cold and damp.
I miss my bath so much.
The last property I was in that had a bath in was around 6 years ago, I struggled getting in & out and got a bath board, which helped but still struggled.
Council will not allow me a bath now only wet rooms.
I absolutely hate the shower.
Embarressed to admit it but I hardly shower 😳, because it is such a struggle and painful, I feel I struggle more with the shower.
With the bath although difficult to get in & out, just being immererced in hot water is good for pain & muscles.
Showering absolutely wipes me out even though I have a seat.
Even though the water is hot when it hiits my body it hurts so much, and it feels like icy cold shards.
I am always absolutely freezing when I do shower and end up completely numb ans very sore from waist down. Even in summer it always feels like this.
Because I miss my bath so much and can rarely shower I have recently bought a pop up bath, I hold on tight to both grab rail to get and out, it is painful raising my legs to get in and out but no where near as painful as showering.
Onece I was in the popup bath because it has been so long since having one my body felt like it was in heaven, the moans and groans that came out of me were pleasing euphoric moans and groans 😂
Genius buying a pop-up bath! Had no idea they existed and found some listed on-line. Suggest putting a feeler out into your community to see if there is someone close by preferably, who would donate a private bath session once a week/fortnight in return perhaps for half an hour's companionable chat after and shared use of your Epsom salts? - Failing that, a quick sponge down and sit or lie on, or under plug in heat pads which my son does anyway besides a long bath. - Meanwhile, this is the first summer I've used hot water bottles on muscles at night (and put the thick quilt back on my bed.) It's been an awful, cold, 'holiday season', so here's wishing you lots more euphoria and deep sighs of relief. //(PS I'm wondering if you could use a hose pipe siphon to empty the bath into an outside drain rather than do it all by hand?)
I'm sorry I couldn't do that, even though I have lived in my village for 4 years because I don't get out unless its appointments or a shop in between home deliveries, I don't really know people, just immediate neighbours I say hi to if I do go out.
I did have someone come in from a befriending service because I don't have any friends to talk to but I couldn't cope with it, I lasted one session lol. I have extreme Hyperacusis and the befriender was quite a loud person who laughed very loudly. It was supposed to be once a fortnight building up to once a week all on my terms but she started coming round unanounced a few times the first week. I had to end it after the first session. 
I find socializing hard with fibro.
I do washes aty the sink or baby wipes.
My electric blanket is my best friend
I have one of them heating jacket type things you put over your shoulder and down your back.
It has been very cold this summer, Ive had my heating on lots.
The bath has a little hose and tap at the bottom for emptying I just have it in the drain hole
Quite understand your position with that, saxcat. (Interesting name by the way). Hyperacusis is something I have not heard about before. Difficult to live with in a world with so much noise I imagine. My dad was very sensitive to sounds and didn't really go for music unless it was classical. He was a gentle soul but could, usefully, hear approaching aircraft before any one else when he served in the home guard during the war. Possibly, genetically, such a trait served your ancestors well, but excuse me if I'm talking through my hat!
This summer really has been colder than any I can remember. Can believe it with the heating. Even bought our adopted cat a second igloo for sleeping upstairs with me as her fur always felt cold and she loves to snuggle up in it and there have been nights when we have had the heating on in late spring.
I think your heating attempts are similar to my son's. He is normally hot though but with a migraine it is all about pain and stiffness and the blanket goes on.
I'm very impressed with with your bath arrangements. (I use wet wipes too - Godsend!) Food delivery just arrived. Keep going. Keep warm.
Well I am pleased to hear you have a pop up bath at least you can have a type of bath and I know what you mean about the moaning. Do you know a friend who could help you get a bath at their house
I d on't have any friends.
Sorry to hear that but I know you are not the only one who has no friends. I might be married but my wife can't understand my fybro so I feel alone alot of the time. Due to the work it's impossible to go out anywhere except the garden centre nearby, there I can loose my self in amongst all the plants
Showers, I find (being a bit ageing), are a somewhat painful experience and standing for ages in them worrying if you feel at all unbalanced. If it's a bath, working out safe and suitable techniques for getting in and out is essential, such as a good non-slip bathmat and dry flannels to grip the slippery edge of the bath if you have to get out from a kneeling position. The bidet in the bathroom has been my best investment for hygiene, combined with a quick and simple strip wash if tired, along with flannels specifically for drying (and kids HIPP handwash in the Duck dispenser which is essential for getting soap residue off in a hard water area. No waste either. A useful technique started by my toddler granddaughter who chose it rather than the sink to wash her hands in.)// I use Epsom salts to soak away some of the pain.
I'm like saxcat I miss my bath. We moved 3 years ago into a ground floor flat with a wetroom, no bath. We previously lived in a 1st floor flat and both of us were finding the stairs were getting more difficult to climb. So because of our mobility problems and other symptoms the council deemed that we should have a wetroom.
I used to love soaking in Epsom salts in the bath, really helped with the pain. Now it's the shower which I cannot stand in for too long, and have to use the seat, which I find awkward!
I have a shower stool which I can move about, to get the best from my shower.
Cheers, Midori
My seat it fixed to the wall and as it's a council flat I can't take it down. I could by a stool though, never actually thought about it! So thanks Midori . 👍
They are relatively cheap to buy. Believe you can get them in Argos , or disability shops. They have adjustable legs too. Think mine came from Argos.
Cheers, Midori
thank you
I go from soaking in hot hot bath to having to use ice packs...everyone is so different.
It's mad is it, in summer you can be absolutely freezing needing electric blankets and heat sources and in winter with blizzarding snow you are sweating and burning up so much you need to strip off and use ice pack, I also use ice packs when have burning pain. I have an ice cream lolly every night in bed to hel cool me down even in winter lol.
