I've never had an MRI, but I think the pain you are describing could be due to the simple fact that you were lying face down for twenty minutes. While in that position, a lot of trigger points on the torso would be stimulated, resulting in NEXT DAY pain!

If you are in a situation like this again, or maybe in a dentist chair for instance, try this simple trick:

Take two Ibuprophen immediately upon completing the test or procedure.

For best results, take another two tablets at bedtime.

I use this method anytime I need to do more physical activity than usual, for example after I go swimming, or after a long walk.

I hope your MRI results were normal....hugs from Scooter.

I have had an MRI and I remember not feeling well afterward. Having to remain still in an uncomfortable position for a long time made me very stiff and sore, but it sounds like you had it worse than I did. I do know that I am sensitive to the dye that they give for some of these scans. I get very ill from that. I hope your results are helpful and having suffered through this will be to your benefit.

HI!!

I was just in an MRI machine for my ocular Migraine, rule out stroke thingy last month! I was in for 45 minutes. I DID have the benefit of good hearing protection! I CANNOT believe you were not afforded that. It's a must do with an MRI. We cannot handle that kind of racket. It throws our whole nervous system into adrenalin push to just help us cope with the racket. I could literally feel the sounds of that machine to the core of my body.

I feel so badly for you, that you suffered such an adverse affect. My feeling is that the sound over-stimulation was the cause of most of your bad reaction.

Legs and arms being sore, yet another CFS "I don't like this test" reaction. You pay for laying in such a ridiculous position. We truly do suffer with this illness. Not just from the illness itself, but from the constant battery of testing we have to endure. We're just not up to it, yet we do what we have to do.

Proud of you for making it through. Hope the results prove to give you the information your doctor needs!!!

We should take these MRI technicians and put THEM in the machine and crank it up with no headphones. I'd bet they wouldn't like that much. Sorry.....I try to be nice......but sometimes...well, you know! xo

I had an MRI a few years ago but didn't have a bad reaction from it. I will say it was not the most pleasant experience I have ever had. The stress of it could definitely cause a crash, in my opinion. Not having earphones must have made it even more unpleasant & laying on your stomach couldn't have helped anything. When I had mine I was on my back & they were looking at my brain so maybe that was the difference between how we each reacted to it.

Like mine, I hope they don't find anything bad but I do hope some questions are answered for your benefit. Take care, hugs, Denise

I've had several MRIs some face up and one face down (breast). I literally would not have gone through with it without the headphones working or at least them going to get me some earplugs!
I agree that I think it was being in an unnatural position for so long that did it. I go to PT every 3 weeks and lay face down for ultrasound treatment, and getting up off the table is excruciating with lots of pain the next day (it's worth it later for a couple weeks).
I don't think the MRI itself (radiation, etc) would have caused an issue but the action of it, position, traveling to it, stress...now that's a recipe for a bad next day!
Hoping it's lots better today and that the results of the test are what you need them to be.

Exposure to loud noises can trigger flaring in ME/CFS, I've experienced that. The idea that with all the money they make off those machines they don't maintain their ear protection equipment is inexcusable. MRI testing is very profitable for the doctors who own the facilities.

I had noise-suppressive headphones with music for mine.

Next time they try to stick you in one of those contraptions without the proper protective gear tell them to stuff it.

I remember taking my dad to get his routine checkups while he was confined to a wheelchair by severe arthritis. They had no scale for weighing wheelchair patients so they tried to force him to stand on his ruined legs. When I told them to back off, they just skipped his weight monitoring, which can be critically important in geriatric patients. None of the local clinics and hospitals had a scale for wheelchair patients like they were legally required to have.

Medical facilities will skimp on anything they can get away with, patients should complain more often. One clinic didn't even have handicapped parking, in clear violation of federal law. And their wheelchair access door was inoperative...I had to wander around hallways looking for someone to open the door and hold it for me while he sat outside on an inclined walkway by himself. He had dementia and could have released his brakes and rolled into traffic.