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...
I went for the second time with x-rays of my standing posture. All bad news. I have a degenerating disk in my neck because the curve in it is gone. Plus I have scoliosis in 2 places in the spine. It goes in different directions. giving my spine an "S" shape when seen from the front. No wonder my spinal muscles are all contracted.
I knew about the curve in my spine years ago when I went to a chiropractor who took x-rays. But I didn't follow up. Maybe that was what eventually set the trigger points off. I am mad at myself. Maybe I could have avoided all this pain!
But I am also mad at my doctors, who diagnosed me with fibromyalgia and said there was nothing I could do. So now I am going to go back for continuing adjustments and continuing to work on the trigger points.
I knew about the curve in my spine years ago when I went to a chiropractor who took x-rays. But I didn't follow up. Maybe that was what eventually set the trigger points off. I am mad at myself. Maybe I could have avoided all this pain!
But I am also mad at my doctors, who diagnosed me with fibromyalgia and said there was nothing I could do. So now I am going to go back for continuing adjustments and continuing to work on the trigger points.
This guy says he will have me pain free in 30 days. A big claim. Maybe if I continue to do the trigger point massage I will have much reduced pain by then. The chiropractor is not really familiar with what trigger points do and how they form. He said to stretch as much as I can, but I am trying to hold off a little in my stretches nowadays.
About 5 years ago I had a batch of cranio treatment close together and did get pain free, only to have a bad accident on a bus! I think there was some reason why I wasn't supposed to get pain free then. Of course, at that time pain free meant doing all the wrong things and not taking things slowly and building up excersing. Something I need to learn now, if I ever get pain free again!