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...
Good morning everyone. I was feeling very dragged down this morning and wondered if the pregnenolene supplements I have been taking were interfering with the action of the levothyroxine I take every morning for hypothyroidism. Looking around on the web I found this:
http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/ray-peat.htm
What caught my eye was this sentence:
"Hypothyroid people, who are likely to produce lactic acid even at rest, are especially susceptible to the harmful effects of "aerobic" exercise."
I am not going to stop the little bit of exercising I do because of this, but I wondered if being hypothyroid contributes to MPS. Is it lactic acid that is contained in the trigger points? It is a byproduct of muscle use. anyway I just thought I would throw this out there.
http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/ray-peat.htm
What caught my eye was this sentence:
"Hypothyroid people, who are likely to produce lactic acid even at rest, are especially susceptible to the harmful effects of "aerobic" exercise."
I am not going to stop the little bit of exercising I do because of this, but I wondered if being hypothyroid contributes to MPS. Is it lactic acid that is contained in the trigger points? It is a byproduct of muscle use. anyway I just thought I would throw this out there.
"Depletion of Cellular energy and build up of Lactic Acid: Bunching of muscle tissue at the trigger point zone severely disables blood flow, and this, alongside the energy intensive Actin-Myosin activity reduces the cellular energy (ATP) available to the Calcium switch. It also increases local levels of lactic acid, which can be detrimental to cellular function - "
From this fascinating site:
http://www.easyvigour.net.nz/trigger_points/h_triggerpoint4.htm