Methods for treating myofascial, muscle, and/or back pain
OwnerJie Zhang, Andrew Crockett +1inventors
InventorsJie Zhang, Andrew Crockett, Larry Rigby
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Abstract
The present disclosure is drawn to methods for treating myofascial pain, muscle pain, back pain, or combinations of these pains. Specifically, a method for treating myofascial pain, muscle pain, back pain, or combinations thereof includes the application of an analgesic system to a skin surface of a subject experiencing the pain and maintaining the analgesic system on the skin surface for a period of time of at least 30 minutes. The analgesic system applied to the skin surface can include a heating component and a local anesthetic formulation which includes at least one local anesthetic. The heating component can be capable of heating the skin surface to a temperature of 36° C. to 42° C.
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A method for treating myofascial pain, muscle pain, back pain, or combination thereof, comprising:
- applying an analgesic system to a skin surface of a subject experiencing myofascial pain, muscle pain, back pain, or combination thereof;
- maintaining the analgesic system on the skin surface for a period of time of at least 30 minutes;
- wherein the analgesic system comprises i) a heating component capable of heating the skin surface to a temperature of 36° C. to 42° C. and ii) a local anesthetic formulation including at least one local anesthetic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.