Myofascial Pain Syndrome Support Group
Myofascial Pain Syndrome (or MPS) is a term used to describe one of the conditions characterized by chronic pain. It is associated with and caused by "trigger points" (TrPs), sensitive and painful areas between the muscle and fascia. The symptoms can range from referred pain through myofascial trigger points to specific pains in other areas of the body. It may be related...
Hi all,
As I am sure many of you do, I pretty much think all day to make sure I am doing everything I can to get better. Something I did, along with dry needling, weekly massages, Cymbalta, vitamins, resting, Whey protein shakes, hot baths, is I concentrated on not breathing into my chest. As my myofascial pain began to spread up my back and into my neck, my upper back would crack simply from breathing. After a doctor mentioned to me that when I take breaths, only my chest fill up, I did some more research and realized that this could be a contributing factor. Often, people in pain, only breath into their chest. (I dont have anything to back this up but I also think that the trigger points and tight bands in my stomach also caused me to not breath into my stomach and into my chest instead.) When you breath into your chest, it makes your back muscles work extra hard, straining them. I really concentrated in breathing into my stomach and not my chest. Even in the middle of the night when I woke up, I would remind myself to breath correctly. I have finally made it a habit and my back no longer cracks when I breath. It also feels a lot better to take a deep breath in and to get oxygen all throughout my body.
Just a thought for everyone.. Hope it helps!
As I am sure many of you do, I pretty much think all day to make sure I am doing everything I can to get better. Something I did, along with dry needling, weekly massages, Cymbalta, vitamins, resting, Whey protein shakes, hot baths, is I concentrated on not breathing into my chest. As my myofascial pain began to spread up my back and into my neck, my upper back would crack simply from breathing. After a doctor mentioned to me that when I take breaths, only my chest fill up, I did some more research and realized that this could be a contributing factor. Often, people in pain, only breath into their chest. (I dont have anything to back this up but I also think that the trigger points and tight bands in my stomach also caused me to not breath into my stomach and into my chest instead.) When you breath into your chest, it makes your back muscles work extra hard, straining them. I really concentrated in breathing into my stomach and not my chest. Even in the middle of the night when I woke up, I would remind myself to breath correctly. I have finally made it a habit and my back no longer cracks when I breath. It also feels a lot better to take a deep breath in and to get oxygen all throughout my body.
Just a thought for everyone.. Hope it helps!
Like you, I had immediate results in lessening pain. Not just in my back, but all over my body. And of course, I feel calmer. I'd always breathed that way to relax and meditate. I just hadn't changed it permanently.
How long did it take for you to make it a habit? I was doing well for awhile, but with the stress of moving went back to old habits and am having to work at it again.
You're so right, myofascial, and it's really good to hear your story and experience. Some people use this focus on the breath as a basis for their relaxation, just lying still with a hand over the chest and a hand over the tunny and focusing on changing the chest for the tummy.
I know the theory, just need to make sure I put it into practice more than I do!!
Asunda, i hope you have been able to correct the changes that moving has caused!