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...
Not a happy camper today. First, I cannot seem to post here without multiple posts showing up. I am trying starting a new thread, to see if that works w/o doubling. (If duplicate threads show up, my bad, sorry.)
More important I have this severe pain in my chest, under my left breast and wrapping around to the side. Did I do this by using my newest, coolest toy, my trigger point roller? Must have. There is nothing else to pin it on. So obviously I have to swear off the roller for awhile. I wonder if I should go to a doctor. Could I have bruised, or, worse, fractured my rib.
Nah, that sounds crazy, right? In any case the therapy for those rib injuries is just to rest any way. But this is a pretty big setback. I thought I was making significant new progress with the roller.
So, all those rock and rollers out there: BE CAREFUL. Don't be a dumbo like me!
More important I have this severe pain in my chest, under my left breast and wrapping around to the side. Did I do this by using my newest, coolest toy, my trigger point roller? Must have. There is nothing else to pin it on. So obviously I have to swear off the roller for awhile. I wonder if I should go to a doctor. Could I have bruised, or, worse, fractured my rib.
Nah, that sounds crazy, right? In any case the therapy for those rib injuries is just to rest any way. But this is a pretty big setback. I thought I was making significant new progress with the roller.
So, all those rock and rollers out there: BE CAREFUL. Don't be a dumbo like me!
I have had that wrapping around chest feeling from time to time. It feels like my chest is in a huge muscle spasm. It just keeps tightening and then lessons a tiny and then does it over and over again. Thank goodness it doesn't last all day, it eventually calms down and goes away.
It sounds like yours is really bad, I don't know if its the roller or not. Is it the only new thing that you have started lately?? I couldn't use mine, but I know lots of folks swear by them.
Maybe like Tink and Katty said its a bruise or a rib out of place.
Hope your chest muscles loosen up soon.
Kat
The pain in my side and under my breast are from a whole bunch of trigger points there. I am going to just massage them by hand for now and leave the roller in the closet.
Geez, if it is not one thing it is another with this condition.