Pain is not a new sensation to any of us. While it's unpleasant and unwanted, pain has been a part of our lives since childhood. I am sure you already know that there are different kinds of pain like throbbing pain, burning pain, sharp pain, radiating pain, etc. The kind of pain depends on its origin and can be due to muscle or nerve injury.
So the short answer to the question “whether nerve pain and muscle pain are different?” is – YES. Let’s have a look at them in detail.
Difference Between Muscle and Joint Pain
What is Muscle Pain?
It is a throbbing pain associated with stiffness. It could be constant or only manifest while doing an action that involves the affected muscle. This kind of pain usually lasts short term along with tenderness or extreme sensitivity to the affected site. Often swelling and redness are also marked.
What is Nerve Pain?
Radiating or burning nature of pain associated with tingling or numbness along the path of the nerve. The pain is sometimes so sharp that it can be felt on the skin above. Neuralgia or nerve pain causes weakness of muscle or muscles (unlike stiffness in muscle pain) involved along the pathway of affected nerve. Since the pain usually follows a pathway, it is difficult to pinpoint the pain. There is involuntary twitching or cramping of muscle from where the nerve passes. In the initial or acute stages, it is mostly symptomatic and cannot be seen by others since there might not be swelling or redness.
Causes of Muscle Pain
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Injury to the muscle.
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Muscular pain is involved in inflammation due to arthritis.
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Overuse of specific muscles can lead to muscular pain eg athletes and tailors.
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Lifting up something heavy from the ground or carrying heavy weights like groceries etc. gives a sudden jerk or strain to a muscle.
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Engaging in exercises without proper warm-up or stretching is a common cause of muscle pain.
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Poor posture while sitting or walking not only causes a weak core but also causes muscular back pain.
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Wrong or uncomfortable footwear can cause ankle pain along with muscular pain in calves.
Causes of Nerve Pain
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Patients suffering from Diabetes as well as those taking Chemotherapy are known to have neuralgia or nerve pain.
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After-episode of Herpes-Zoster which is known as post-herpetic neuralgia.
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Spondylosis (degenerative changes in the spine causing reduced or increased disc space) and spondylolisthesis (slip-disc).
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When lower back region bones or vertebrae are involved, they cause sciatica nerve pain which starts from the lower back and continues all the way to the knee and then the ankle from the back of the legs.
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Cervical spondylosis causes nerve pain which extends to arms causing weakness and tingling numbness.
Treatment Options for Muscle Pain
Resting the affected part is step one in order to cure the muscular pain. Besides that, oral and local anti-inflammatory medicines reduce discomfort and distress during recovery. GO365 Nutra tablet is a combination of the best ayurvedic pain-alleviating herbs like Boswellia serrata, Curcuma longa and Chondroitin sulfate. It is an ayurvedic joint pain tablet containing Tagar and Shyonak which have multifaceted actions to axe muscular as well as joint pain.
Similarly, GO365 ointment is a powerful ayurvedic muscle pain cream with herbal ingredients like capsicum oil, wintergreen oil, eucalyptus oil, deodar, nirgundi, camphor and mint which helps reduce stiffness by stimulating circulation and relaxing the muscles.
Treatment Options for Nerve Pain
In the case of diabetic neuralgia, control of sugar levels helps in reducing nerve pain. In spondylosis physical therapy and exercises with assistance work well. Certain Ayurvedic Panchakarma therapies like basti, kati basti, Manya basti, or spinal basti and Nasya prove very useful in getting long-term relief.
GO365 Nutra Tablet contains ingredients like glucosamine HCL and Chondroitin sulfate which reduces cartilage degeneration, heals cartilage damage and improves cartilage health. Thus proving helpful in degenerative conditions like spondylosis. Additionally, it contains vitamin D3 and calcium carbonate thus making it a wholesome ayurvedic joint pain tablet.
Remember, it’s not “time” that will heal a physical pain, it will only teach you to live with it. However, Ayurvedic GO365 joint care kit remedies support the patient’s ability to work and improve the quality of life by reducing discomfort and distress caused by acute or chronic pain while healing the patient from within.