If you want to go the natural route look into large doses of the spice Tumeric. It is a naturally anti-inflammatory and most pain is inflammation - there is a lot of info on google searches for this and you can even find medical journal articles. Scientists are increasing research into this natural and cheap option for many aliments. It is a bit difficult to get down but put heaping tablespoons into warm water and chug it down.
Another natural way to get rid of pain is deep methodical breathing while telling yourself that the pain is going away. Fresh oxygen into the blood cells can do wonders and pain is 50% in the mind IMO. Good luck and I hope your pain goes away.
Thanks for the tips! And yes, when it comes to pain, it literally is "all in our heads" since that's where the nerve signals go. :) The trick is ignoring those signals or to get the nerves unpinched so they stop sending them (which then locks up the muscles that are often pinching the nerves in the first place).
I second the recommendation for turmeric. I'd forgotten about that one. It works wonders for pain related to inflammation.
I asked my wife to pick some up today. Thanks. :)