# Please give me your best remedies for Back Spasms.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 29, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-give-me-your-best-remedies-for-back-spasms/820464 "2018-08-29T12:54:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-give-me-your-best-remedies-for-back-spasms/820464/1 "2018-08-29T12:54:30Z")

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So I am prone to sciatica and I am currently having an episode or flare up or whatever.

It is typical for this to take up to a week or more to calm the hell down, but I have an important job interview on Friday morning, so I’m hoping for some magic!

Anybody got some magic formula?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-give-me-your-best-remedies-for-back-spasms/820464/2 "2018-08-29T13:58:30Z")

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Cold packs, 20 minutes on/30 minutes off. It’s the only thing that touches it for me. Best wishes.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-give-me-your-best-remedies-for-back-spasms/820464/3 "2018-08-29T14:15:04Z")

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What works for me is [piriformis stretches](https://www.google.com/search?q=piriformis+stretches&client=firefox-b-1-ab&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiaxanRuJLdAhUMVd8KHQj3AtUQ7Al6BAgDEA8&biw=1366&bih=767).

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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-give-me-your-best-remedies-for-back-spasms/820464/4 "2018-08-29T14:45:29Z")

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Thanks both of you. I’ll try them both.