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...
So I saw the x rays my ART chiropractor took last week today. The bad news is that the bend in my spine, and the gap between my sacrum and hip bone on the left is just as wide. He says it looks like the x rays taken more than 1 year apart could have been taken one day apart.
Except that the sideways Xrays show a noticeably thicker cushion between the vertebrae in my middle back. This comes from the myofascial release I think, and all the times I rolled the tennis ball up and down my spine.
Also my posture is now better. To get the gap in the sacroiliac region and the bend in the spine to line up you have to tilt the xrays around 10 degrees to the right (facing the x rays).
I guess it is near impossible to change the alignment of the bones at my age.
Except that the sideways Xrays show a noticeably thicker cushion between the vertebrae in my middle back. This comes from the myofascial release I think, and all the times I rolled the tennis ball up and down my spine.
Also my posture is now better. To get the gap in the sacroiliac region and the bend in the spine to line up you have to tilt the xrays around 10 degrees to the right (facing the x rays).
I guess it is near impossible to change the alignment of the bones at my age.
Ya i relate to you last sentence. My PT was talking about how we are fighting against 47 years of my muscles being out of balance and body out of alignment.
Hang in there and keep fighting the good fight.
((((((HUGS))))))