How can I help ease pain in a large haematoma on my husbands back? Will heat or massage worsen it? He went to the gp but was told it would go away but the pain has increased. We are still waiting for anything, any kind of information from the hospital. Phone calls put us on a run around and promises to call back tomorrow. We are both just feeling dreadfully abandoned and now I'm going home to him desperate to be able to do just anything to ease this. If he lies down he coughs and chokes and if he sits up this lump aches beyond ignoring.